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甲骨

jiǎ gǔ

2-character word

What 甲骨 means

1. tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones

The characters in 甲骨

• 甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (used for an unspecified person or thing)…
• 骨gǔbone

Words starting with 甲骨

• 甲骨文jiǎ gǔ wénoracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
• 甲骨文字jiǎ gǔ wén zìoracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)

Words containing 甲骨

• 鼻甲骨bí jiǎ gǔturbinate; nasal concha