16 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

bone, body, corpse

Kun'yomi
  • (dead) body
On'yomi
  • ガイ
  • カイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ガイカイ 52.0%
むくろ 48.0%

Character Breakdown

bone, body, corpse
ガイ むくろ (11th)
skeleton, bone, remains
ほね コツ (6th, N2)
cut flesh from bones(剮) variant
カ ケ わ.ける
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
い ガイ り (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Common Words

(dead) body
(soulless) body ②framework (of a building, etc.) ③mere shell
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References

Unicode hex code 9AB8
JIS X 0208 1-19-28
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5240
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6789
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2301
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1625
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2874
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1641
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 45164
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 2125
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4b12.7
Four corner code 7028.2