骸
hái

skeleton

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone
亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthɛj[ɡ]ˤrəbones, skeleton
Zhengzhangɡrɯː

說文解字

脛骨也。从骨亥聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)