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The character "髅", meaning skull or skeleton, is the simplified form of the traditional character "髏", which combines the semantic component "骨" for bone with the phonetic component "婁" indicating sound, adapted to "娄" in the simplified version. Its etymology is directly tied to the bone radical, and it has been used in Chinese to refer to the bony part of the head or a complete skeletal structure, primarily appearing in compound terms like "骷髏". The character's meaning has been consistently associated with skeletal elements, and its structural composition has evolved only through the modification of the phonetic element while keeping the bone radical intact.
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这个洞穴里发现了一具骷髅。
他万圣节装扮成了一个骷髅。
海盗的旗帜上通常画着骷髅头。
医学课上，学生们正在研究人体骷髅。
古老的墓穴中摆放着许多骷髅遗骸。
那个骷髅模型看上去非常逼真吓人。
考古学家小心翼翼地清理着出土的骷髅。
通过分析骷髅的磨损痕迹，可以推断其生前职业。