Taxonomy of meanings for 骸:　　

  • 骸 hái (OC: ɡrɯɯ MC: ɦɯæi) 戶皆切 平 廣韻：【骸骨 】
    • BODY
      • nfigurativeone's physical frame (as a living person)
    • BONE
      • nccpluralhuman bones in the living body or as part of a skeleton
    • THIGH

      Additional information about 骸

      說文解字: 【骸】，脛骨也。从骨、亥聲。 【戶皆切】

        Criteria
      • BONE

        1. By far the most general and current word for all kinds of bones is gǔ 骨.

        [GENERAL]; [[CURRENT+]]

        2. Hái 骸 refers to the set of bones that constutute the skeleton in a living or dead person, and the word is often used collectively to refer by synecdoche either to the living or to the dead body.

        [COLLECTIVE]

        3. Gé 骼 refer to the set of bones that constitute the skeleton.

        [ARCHAIC], [COLLECTIVE], [GENERAL] [TECHNICAL-TERM]; [[RARE]]

        3. Gàn 幹 refers to the backbone or to the ribs as the bones which hold up the shape of the chest.

        [SPECIFIC], [TECHNICAL-TERM]

        4. Xié 脅 refers specifically to the ribs. See RIB

        [SPECIFIC]; [[CURRENT]]

        Word relations
      • Contrast: (BODY)身/BODY Shēn 身 (which also means "person") specifically refers to the main trunk of the body excluding head, arms and legs.
      • Assoc: (BONE)骨/BONE By far the most general and current word for all kinds of bones is gǔ 骨. [GENERAL]; [[CURRENT+]]
      • Assoc: (BONE)形/SHAPE The most current general word describing the physical shape of something is xíng 形.