bone / framework
N1- Onyomi
- コツ
- Kunyomi
- ほね
- Stroke count
- 10
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 骨 down and you get 月 (moon / month) — the moon hanging in a clear night sky. Picture the moon in a night sky, put 骨 inside it, and let that scene stand for "bone" — bone / framework. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 10
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は10画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 10 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
骨子
kosshi
framework
骨子の会議があります
kosshinokaigigaarimasu
there is a meeting about framework
骨子を担当しています
kosshiotantoushiteimasu
to be in charge of framework
骨子の資料を作ります
kosshinoshiryouotsukurimasu
to make materials for framework
骨子について報告します
kosshinitsuitehoukokushimasu
to report on framework
Example sentences (2)
計画の骨子が固まりました。
けいかく の こっし が かたまりました。
keikaku no kosshi ga katamarimashita.
The framework of the plan has been settled.
骨子が固まった段階で、関係部署に共有することになっています。
こっし が かたまった だんかい で、かんけい ぶしょ に きょうゆう する こと に なっています。
kosshi ga katamatta dankai de, kankei busho ni kyouyuu suru koto ni natteimasu.
Once the outline is settled, it is to be shared with the departments concerned.