Moto 骨: Skeleton; Bone; RemainsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コツ
- Kun'yomi
- ほね
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 432 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コツ)
- 骨髄こつずいbone marrow; medulla
- 遺骨いこつcremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
- 骨子こっしmain point; gist
- 骨格こっかくskeleton; skeletal structure
- 鉄骨てっこつsteel frame; steel beam
- 骨折こっせつbone fracture
- 露骨ろこつopen; unconcealed
- 人骨じんこつhuman bones
- 散骨さんこつscattering of ashes (cremated remains)
- 白骨はっこつwhite (bleached) bone; skeleton
- 反骨はんこつrebellious spirit
- 拳骨げんこつ(clenched) fist; knuckles
- 武骨ぶこつboorish; unrefined
- 気骨きこつ(moral) backbone; spirit
- 甲骨文こうこつぶんoracle bone script
- 硬骨こうこつbone
- 納骨のうこつplacing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary); depositing ashes
- 軟骨なんこつcartilage
- 鎖骨さこつcollarbone; clavicle
- 頭骨とうこつskull
- 骨壷こつつぼfunerary urn; cinerary urn
- 骨盤こつばんpelvis
- 骨粗鬆症こつそしょうしょうosteoporosis
- 骨肉こつにくone's own flesh and blood; blood relative
- 骨董こっとうantique; curio
- 骸骨がいこつskeleton
- お骨おこつcremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
- がい骨がいこつskeleton
- きぬた骨きぬたこつincus; anvil
- せん状骨せんじょうこつscaphoid bone (in wrist near thumb)
- ちょう形骨ちょうけいこつsphenoid bone (of the skull)
- アブミ骨アブミこつstirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
- 一将功なって万骨枯るいっしょうこうなってばんこつかるthousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
- 一将功成って万骨枯るいっしょうこうなってばんこつかるthousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
- 一将功成りて万骨枯るいっしょうこうなりてばんこつかるthousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
- 万骨ばんこつthousands of lives
- 上腕骨じょうわんこつhumerus (upper bone in arm)
- 上顎骨じょうがくこつmaxilla; upper jawbone
- 下腿骨かたいこつlower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
- 下顎骨かがくこつmandible; lower jawbone
- 中手骨ちゅうしゅこつmetacarpal
- 中足骨ちゅうそっこつmetatarsal
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 骨ほねbone
- 骨抜きほねぬきboning (fish or meat); deboning
- 背骨せぼねspine; backbone
- 小骨こぼねsmall bones
- 屋台骨やたいぼねframework (of a building); foundation
- 骨太ほねぶとbig-boned; sturdily built
- 骨組みほねぐみskeletal frame; skeleton
- 骨身ほねみflesh and bones
- あごの骨あごのほねjawbone; mandible
- あばら骨あばらぼねrib
- ど性骨どしょうぼねone's innate character; spirit
- むだ骨むだぼねuseless; waste of time and effort
- エラ骨エラぼねjawbone; mandible
- 中骨なかぼねbackbone (of a fish)
Other readings
- あご骨がっこつjawbone; mandible
- あぶみ骨アブミこつstirrup (bone of the ear); stapes
- えら骨エラぼねjawbone; mandible
- ろっ骨あばらぼねrib
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