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The character "骷", primarily encountered in the compound "骷髏" meaning skull or skeleton, derives its meaning directly from its structural composition, which has remained consistent in its traditional form. It is composed of the radical "骨" on the left, meaning bone, which provides the core semantic clue, combined with "古" on the right, which historically serves as a phonetic component suggesting its pronunciation. The character’s existence and meaning are almost entirely tied to this binome, and its usage has consistently referred to human skeletal remains, particularly the cranium, since its adoption into the lexicon. Its conceptual origin is not native to early Chinese writing but appears to have entered later to more vividly describe the dry bones of the dead, with its form effectively creating a pictorial-logical representation of an ancient or dried-out bone.
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我看到一个骷髅。
骷髅看起来很可怕。
在博物馆里有一个骷髅标本。
他用木头做了一个骷髅模型。
骷髅图案常常出现在万圣节的装饰上。
考古学家发现了古代人类的骷髅化石。
那个骷髅头骨保存得非常完整。
在恐怖电影中，骷髅经常被用来制造恐惧氛围。