骨 means “bone”

ほね · hone

Also: skeleton, remains, frame

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ほね

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コツ

Taught in grade 6 · 10 strokes

The story

A skeletal frame beneath flesh: bones are the hidden architecture of life, the framework that gives us shape and strength.

Used in 骨折 (kossetsu, fracture) and 背骨 (sebone, spine)

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