Radical 188

骨
187 ⾺ ◄	188	► ⾼ 189
Pinyin :	gǔ (= bone)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ˇ
Hiragana :	ほ ね hone
Kanji :	骨 偏 honehen (= radical bone)
Hangul :	뼈
Sinocorean :	골
Codepoint :	U + 9AA8
Stroke sequence :

Radical 188 , meaning “ bone ”, is one of eight traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of ten strokes.

With 28 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare.

The character is represented slightly differently in different character sets . Compare the symbols 冎 (13 + 4) and 咼 (30 + 6).

The seal shape of this sign shows a scraped bone in the upper part, from which the original meaning scraped off resulted. In the lower part you can see the radical meat 肉. The upper part acts as a sound carrier, the lower one as a carrier of meaning.

As a bearer of meaning, 骨 establishes the connection between skeleton and bones as in:

髓 (in 骨髓 = bone marrow),

髌 (in 骨 髌 = kneecap),

骷髅 (= skull),

骸 (= body).

Character combinations ruled by radical 188

different representations

Strokes	character
+ 00	骨
+ 02	骩
+ 03	骪 骫 骬 骭 骮
+ 04	骯 骰 骱
+ 05	骲 骳 骴 骵 骶 骷
+ 06	骸 骹 骺 骻 骼
+ 07	骽 骾
+ 08	骿 髀 髁
+ 09	髂 髃 髄 髅
+10	髆 髇 髈 髉 髊 髋 髌
+11	髍 髎 髏
+12	髐
+13	髑 髒 髓 體
+14	髕
+15	髖
+16	髗

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 188 is coded under the code point number 12.219 (U + 2FBB).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 169 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 188  - Graphic representations of Radikal 188

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 188 on page 9