骸

骸

骸 U+9AB8, 骸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AB8 ← 骷 [U+9AB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 骹 → [U+9AB9]

Translingual

Han character

骸 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+6, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜女人 (BBYVO), four-corner 7028₂, composition ⿰骨亥)

1. skeleton, body
2. leg bone

References

• KangXi: page 1448, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45164
• Dae Jaweon: page 1975, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4412, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9AB8

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Chinese

trad.		骸
simp. #		骸
alternative forms		䯐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
該	*kɯː
垓	*kɯː
賅	*kɯː
陔	*kɯː
豥	*kɯː, *ɡɯː
荄	*kɯː, *krɯː
郂	*kɯː
姟	*kɯː
絯	*kɯː, *ɡrɯːʔ
晐	*kɯː
峐	*kɯː
侅	*kɯː, *kʰɯː, *ɡɯːʔ, *ɡrɯːʔ
胲	*kɯː
頦	*kɯːʔ, *ɡɯː
奒	*kʰɯː
輆	*kʰɯːʔ
欬	*kʰɯːɡs, *qraːds
硋	*ŋɡɯːɡs
閡	*ŋɡɯːɡs
咳	*qʰɯː, *ɡɯː
孩	*ɡɯː
亥	*ɡɯːʔ
劾	*ɡɯːɡs, *kʰrɯːɡs, *ɡɯːɡ
痎	*krɯː
烗	*kʰrɯːɡs
骸	*ɡrɯː
駭	*ɡrɯːʔ
刻	*kʰɯːɡ
餩	*qɯːɡ
核	*ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ

Etymology

Possibly related to 核 (OC *ɡuːd, *ɡrɯːɡ, “kernel; seed”) (Schuessler, 2007; Smith, 2011). See there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hái (hai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁴, hoi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): hâi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hái
    • Wade–Giles: hai²
    • Yale: hái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hair
    • Palladius: хай (xaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁴, hoi⁴
    • Yale: hàaih, hòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴, hoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴, hoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹/, /hɔːi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâi
    • Tâi-lô: hâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɦˠɛi/

Rime
Character	骸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸皆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨj/
Li Rong	/ɣɛi/
Wang Li	/ɣɐi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤrə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	骸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hái
Middle Chinese	‹ hɛj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁrə/
English	bones, skeleton
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	骸
Reading #	1/1
No.	4835
Phonetic component	亥
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	諧
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯː/

Definitions

骸

1. skeleton; bones (particularly of a dead person)
2. shinbone
3. body

Compounds

乞骸 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ) 土木形骸 形骸 (xínghái) 打骸垢 支骸

放浪形骸 (fànglàng xínghái) 易子析骸 析骸以爨 (xīháiyǐcuàn) 析骸易子 炊骨爨骸 骸骨 (háigǔ)

屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái) 殘骸／残骸 (cánhái) 潛骸竄影／潜骸窜影 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái) 點檢形骸／点检形骸

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Japanese

Kanji

骸

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. corpse

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kun: むくろ (mukuro, 骸)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
骸
むくろ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
軀

From Old Japanese. Compound of 身(む) (mu, “body”, bound form of standalone mi) + くろ (kuro). The derivation of the kuro element is uncertain, but it might be an alteration or ancient form of 幹 (kara, “trunk, main part”).[1]

Noun

骸(むくろ) • (mukuro) 

1. corpse

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:屍

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 骸 (MC ɦˠɛi).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅘᅢᆼ (Yale: hhay) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean ᄒᆡ (hoy) (Yale: hoy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɛ] ~ [he̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [해/헤]

Hanja

Wikisource骸 (eumhun 뼈 해 (ppyeo hae))

1. Hanja form^? of 해 (“corpse; body”).
2. Hanja form^? of 해 (“bone”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 유해 (遺骸, yuhae)
• 해골 (骸骨, haegol)
• 잔해 (殘骸, janhae)
• 사해 (死骸, sahae)
• 망해 (亡骸, manghae)
• 해탄 (骸炭, haetan)
• 형해 (形骸, hyeonghae)
• 성해 (聖骸, seonghae)
• 걸해 (乞骸, geolhae)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Vietnamese

Han character

骸: Hán Nôm readings: hài

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