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骸 means 'corpse'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2056   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 2 words   Used in 13 words   Used in 5 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ガイ
Additional readings
On    カイ
Kun    から shell, husk   むくろ bone, body, corpse
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Read about corpses described as careless and taciturn, as well as those that go dancing. Find out how wrecked vehicles and ruins of buildings are figurative corpses. Learn to say, “He identified the wreck of the Titanic,” “He looks like a skeleton,” “She cried at the sight of her father's dead body,” and “It took a few hours to clear the mess from the wreck of the truck and several cars.”
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⿰  骨 bone  亥 sign of the hog; hog  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 骸 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 骸 is used 13 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ガイ : 10 words FIND ALL
し が い 0
noun
body; corpse; remains
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から : 1 word FIND ALL
か ら 2
Most common form: 殻
noun
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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むくろ : 1 word FIND ALL
む く ろ 0 む く ろ 3
noun
(dead) body; corpse
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から (read as がら) : 1 word FIND ALL
な き が ら 0
noun
remains; corpse; (dead) body
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骸
ガイ   corpse
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亥
sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
亠
lid
骨
コツ   ほね bone   
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冎
gossip; dishonest   
⺼
ニク body part   
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