懂中文 Dong Chinese

髅

lóu

skull

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 髏.

Components
骨 meaning component

骨  Meaning component

gǔ

  

bone

娄 sound component

娄  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

髅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
髅 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

髅 (髏) 

lóu

skull; skeleton

Most common words with 髅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骷髅

human skeleton

髅

skull