JLPT N2 · 10 strokes
Kanji 骨: "skeleton, bone, remains"
The kanji 骨 means "skeleton, bone, remains, frame". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read コツ in on'yomi and ほね in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほね
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | skeleton, bone, remains, frame |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 936 of 2,501 |
Common words with 骨
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 骨bone · frame
- 露骨open; unconcealed; undisguised; blatant · broad; lewd; indecent; crude
- 骨折bone fracture
- 骨が折れるto be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious
- 無骨boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth
- 頭蓋骨skull; cranium
- 肋骨rib · frame (of a ship)
- 骨格skeleton; skeletal structure; build; frame · framework
- 鎖骨collarbone; clavicle
- 背骨spine; backbone; spinal column
- 骸骨skeleton
- 骨を折るto make efforts; to take pains · to break a bone
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