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

24 strokes (also 23)
Radical:
fish
Parts:
scales (fish)
Kun:
うろここけこけら
On:
リン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2494 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鱗芽 【リンガ】 bulbil, cormel, brood bud
  • 鱗形 【ウロコガタ】 triangular pattern, scalelike pattern, imbricate pattern, imbrication, triangle emblem
  • 介鱗 【カイリン】 fish and shellfish
  • 細鱗 【サイリン】 small (fish) scale, small fish

Kun reading compounds

  • 鱗 【うろこ】 scale (of fish, snake, etc.), serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
  • 鱗形 【うろこがた】 triangular pattern, scalelike pattern, imbricate pattern, imbrication, triangle emblem
  • 三つ鱗 【みつうろこ】 mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol)
  • 目からウロコ 【めからうろこ】 seeing the light, being awakened to the truth, having the scales fall from one's eyes
  • 鱗 【うろこ】 scale (of fish, snake, etc.), serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
  • 鱗板 【こけらいた】 thin shingles
  • 鱗 【うろこ】 scale (of fish, snake, etc.), serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
  • 鱗板 【こけらいた】 thin shingles

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rin

Spanish

  • escamas (peces)

Portuguese

French

5334 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1668 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46502 Morohashi
6923 New Nelson (John Haig)
2054 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2211 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-13 SKIP code
1-11-12 SKIP code
2935.9 Four corner code
1-46-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9c57 Unicode hex code