骨

ほね · hone · JLPT N3 · noun

bone

🦴 骨 = 冎 skeleton on top + 月 flesh below: the bone inside the meat

The top part 冎 is an old drawing of a joint, and 月 at the bottom is the flesh radical used in body-part kanji like 肉 and 胸. Sound hook: hone is phone without the p, so think of a dog with a bone on the phone.

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