Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
bone
Parts:
skeleton, bone, remains, frame
Kun:
ほね
On:
コツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
936 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 骨 【コツ】 knack, skill, trick, secret, know-how, the ropes, hang, bone, skeleton, cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes
  • 骨髄 【コツズイ】 bone marrow, medulla, true spirit, one's mind
  • 白骨 【ハッコツ】 white (bleached) bone, skeleton
  • 鉄骨 【テッコツ】 steel frame, steel beam, steel girder

Kun reading compounds

  • 骨 【ほね】 bone, frame, outline, core, backbone, spirit, fortitude, laborious, troublesome, difficult
  • 骨抜き 【ほねぬき】 boning (fish or meat), deboning, watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation, taking the backbone out of, weakening
  • 河骨 【こうほね】 Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
  • お骨 【おこつ】 cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, gu1, gu2
Korean:
gol

Spanish

  • hueso
  • esqueleto

Portuguese

  • esqueleto
  • osso
  • permanecer
  • moldura

French

  • os
  • squelette
  • restes
  • charpente
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
867 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1081 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
971 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1017 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1266 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1104 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1922 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3288 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1297 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45098 Morohashi
2654 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6784 New Nelson (John Haig)
1288 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
899 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3646 2001 Kanji
4b6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-25-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9aa8 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 収集 【シュウシュウ】 collecting, accumulating, gathering, collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.), garbage collection, waste collection
  • 拾得 【シュウトク】 finding (lost property), picking up
  • 十 【ジュウ】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack

Kun reading compounds

  • 拾う 【ひろう】 to pick up, to gather, to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped), to select, to choose, to pick out, to get (unexpectedly), to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.), to snatch (an unexpected victory), to pull off, to pick up (someone in a car), to flag down (a taxi), to hail, to pick up (a signal, sound, interference, etc.), to (just manage to) return (the ball), to return (a difficult shot), to take on (someone in adverse circumstances), to employ, to give a job, to take in, to walk, to go on foot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, she4
Korean:
seub, sib

Spanish

  • recoger
  • colectar

Portuguese

  • pegar
  • juntar
  • achado
  • continuar a pé

French

  • ramasser
  • cueillir
  • trouver
  • aller à pied
  • 10 (X)
425 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
321 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
305 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1599 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1901 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
625 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
568 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
802 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1445 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1538 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
273 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
890 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
454 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
279 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
339 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
674 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12014 Morohashi
379 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 New Nelson (John Haig)
667 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
720 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
329 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
3c6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5806.1 Four corner code
1-29-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62fe Unicode hex code