骨头 gǔtou▶ Hueso

Stroke order

骨头 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 骨 — 9 strokes
• 头 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. bone
2. moral character
3. bitterness

Related words

• 木头madera
• 石头piedra
• 馒头Bollos al vapor
• 口头oral
• 拳头puño
• 枕头Almohada

骨头 is pronounced gǔtou and means “Hueso”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 骨头 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.