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Kotomora

髆

shoulder blade

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ハク

Kun'yomi

  • かいがらぼね

Meaning

髆 refers specifically to the shoulder blade bone. It is a narrow anatomical term with no broader conceptual extensions.

Study

Etymology

髆 combines 骨 (bone) with 尃, which likely provides the sound. The character is a phono-semantic compound specifically coined for the shoulder blade.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 骨 means bone. The right side 尃 looks like a spread-out hand over a field, like a shoulder blade spreading across the back. Together they point to the shoulder blade bone.

Reading mnemonic

For ハク, imagine a doctor tapping your shoulder blade with a small hammer: the sound is a crisp 'haku' (ハク) as the bone is checked.