lóu
髅
skull; skeleton
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesbound morpheme
skull; skeleton
literaryThis character is almost never used alone in modern Chinese. It appears in compound words like 髑髅 and 骷髅, which refer to human skulls or skeletons.
Kǎo考
gǔ古
xué学
jiā家
fā发
xiàn现
le了
yī一
jù具
gǔ古
dài代
rén人
lèi类
de的
kū骷
lóu髅
。
Archaeologists discovered a skeleton of an ancient human.
Nà那
ge个
hǎi海
dào盗
qí旗
shàng上
huà画
zhe着
yī一
ge个
kū骷
lóu髅
hé和
liǎng两
gēn根
jiāo交
chā叉
de的
gǔ骨
tóu头
。
A skull and two crossed bones are drawn on that pirate flag.