Chinese

Noun

骨格

1. (literary) (one's) style; bearing; manner
2. (Min Nan) (one's) figure; physical state; physique
3. (literary) style; format; framework (of a poem)

See also

• 骨骼 (gǔgé)

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 骨骼

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) こっかく [kòkkákú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞k̚ka̠kɯᵝ]

Noun

骨格 ‎(hiragana こっかく, romaji kokkaku)

1. a firm structure made up of bones that supports the body and its organs; a frame
2. the basis that forms something; a framework

Derived terms

• 外骨格 (がいこっかく) ‎(gaikokkaku): exoskeleton
• 内骨格 (ないこっかく) ‎(naikokkaku): endoskeleton

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3