The kanji 骸: meaning, readings and stroke order

骸

Meaning: skeleton, shell
On reading: ガイ gai
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 16
Radical: 骨 bone
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bộ xương, vỏ ngoài (hài)
Japanese: ほね。なかみのないそとがわ。
Korean: 뼈, 껍데기 (해)
Chinese: 骨骸、空壳

Readings, words and example sentences

ガイ gai · on reading · less common

形けい骸がい
empty shell, mere formality
きまりが 形けい骸がいになりました。
The rule has become an empty formality.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.