TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
骨
骨 ＝ 冎 ＋ 肉
ㄍㄨˇ · gǔ
noun — bone
字源 FORM — what the parts do
冎義a carved bone joint — the hard frame
The top, 冎, is a bone joint cut clean — the hard frame inside; the bottom is 肉, the flesh on it. 肉之覈也, the kernel of the flesh, the hard core the body is built on: 骨頭, 骨骼, then the figurative spine — 骨氣, backbone.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一截骨節（冎）削得乾淨，底下還連著一塊肉（肉）——骨。
A bone joint (冎) cut clean, a scrap of flesh (肉) still clinging beneath — bone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)骨頭— bone常用
→骨骼— the skeleton, the bone frame
⇒骨氣— backbone — spirit, unbending will
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
冎guǎthe top — bare 冎 is the carved bone joint; 骨 adds the flesh () below滑＝ 氵 ＋ huáthe 骨 sibling — 滑 wets the bone-graph with water (氵) to mean slippery