Word Meaning 骸骨

がいこつ gaikotsu

骸骨 is read as がいこつ (gaikotsu) and means skeleton.

Meaning

English

  1. skeleton

Reading

Kana

がいこつ

Romaji

gaikotsu

Writing Variants

  • がい骨 がいこつ gaikotsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Synonyms 遺骨,御骨,人骨,白骨 Rank 5388 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

むくろ

(dead) body

露骨

ろこつ

broad

拳骨

げんこつ

(clenched) fist

遺骨

いこつ

remains (of war dead)

納骨

のうこつ

placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary)

鎖骨

さこつ

collarbone

頭骨

ずこつ

skull

ほね

bone

鉄骨

てっこつ

steel frame

背骨

せぼね

spine

軟骨

なんこつ

cartilage

人骨

じんこつ

human bones

Example Sentences

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すなのなかからふるいがいこつがあらわれた。

An old skeleton emerged from the sand.

はっくつちょうさでひとのがいこつがみつかった。

Human skeletal remains were found during the excavation.

このがいこつはせんねんいじょうまえのものらしい。

This skeleton seems to date back more than a thousand years.

He looks just like a skeleton.

This icon is definitely better than the skeleton one. I'm sure of it.