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骷

kū

Character

What 骷 means

1. used in {骷髅|kū lóu}

Words starting with 骷

• 骷髅kū lóuhuman skeleton; human skull
• 骷髅头kū lóu tóua death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull

Characters built on 古

These share the phonetic component 古 (gǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin

Characters that look like 骷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 骸háibones of the body
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 骰tóudice
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 骶dǐ(bound form) sacrum

Sounds the same

Read kū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哭to cry; to weep
• 枯(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring
• 窟cave; hole
• 圣(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)
• 堀cave; hole
• 刳to cut open; rip up; scoop out
• 矻used in 矻矻; Taiwan pr. kù
• 圐used in 圐圙
• 跍to squat