zugaikotsu

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form zugaikotsu
Original script 頭蓋骨
LWT meaning(s)
Comments on word zugaikotsu first attested in 1884. variants zugai (1774), tōkotsu (1884). The kan’on variant with tō is also seen in tōgai(kotsu)
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss zu-gai-kotsu head-?-bone
Age Early Modern Japanese [21] (1604–1867)
Lexical stratum kango (go’on)
Year 1774
Register General
Numeric frequency 0