髑

髑 · dú

skull

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
dú
Cantonese
duk6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

skull

Dictionary definitions & readings

髑 dú · used in 髑髏 dú lóu

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74420.010:dú Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0267.070:dú Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
081.020:dú Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
dú粵duk6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ドク トク Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
촉:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒谷 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BBWLI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7622.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1450.570 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
449.03 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1224m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9AD1
Radical
骨 · 188
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6472

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

22 strokes
髑
Strokes
22
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

22 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
duwk · 徒谷 · 通開一入東定 · #3182

PHONO-ML, source line 16145; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1514.302
kDaeJaweon
1977.330
kFennIndex
262.07
kGSR
1224m
kHanYu
74420.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
1977.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74420.010
kIRGKangXi
1450.570
kKangXi
1450.570
kMatthews
6513
kMeyerWempe
3201a
kMorohashi
45281
kNelson
5246
kSBGY
449.03
kSMSZD2003Index
791.20
kCangjie
BBWLI
kFenn
788G
kFourCornerCode
7622.7
kMojiJoho
MJ028890
kPhonetic
1264
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-7747
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5EA
kIRG_JSource
J0-7171
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B16
kIRG_KSource
K1-702C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C56
kRSUnicode
188.13
kTotalStrokes
22
kBigFive
C5EA
kCCCII
23546A
kCNS1986
1-7C56
kCNS1992
1-7C56
kEACC
23546A
kGB0
8739
kGB1
8739
kJis0
8181
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7553
kTGH
2013:6472
kTaiwanTelegraph
7553
kXerox
276:301
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+7272+188.10.13
kCantonese
duk6
kDefinition
skull
kFanqie
徒谷
kHangul
촉:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74420.010:dú
kJapanese
ドク トク
kJapaneseOn
TOKU DOKU
kKorean
CHOK
kMandarin
dú
kSMSZD2003Readings
dú粵duk6
kTGHZ2013
081.020:dú
kXHC1983
0267.070:dú

Sentences in context

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The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 髑0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
骨 beside 蜀 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰骨蜀$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰骨蜀$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.