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 Dictionary: 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

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, 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–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haai⁴ / hoi⁴
    • Yale: hàaih / hòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁴ / hoi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁴ / hoi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²¹/, /hɔːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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: heaj

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
Baxter	heaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɐi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəɨj/
Li Rong	/ɣɛi/
Wang Li	/ɣɐi/
Bernhard 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
• 屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
• 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
• 殘骸／残骸 (cánhái)
• 潛骸竄影／潜骸窜影
• 炊骨爨骸
• 遺骸／遗骸 (yíhái)
• 骸骨 (háigǔ)
• 點檢形骸／点检形骸

 

Japanese

Kanji

骸

(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”).

Noun

骸(むくろ) • (mukuro) 

1. corpse

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:屍

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 骸 (MC heaj).

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. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

骸: Hán Nôm readings: hài

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