Chinese

Noun

髑髏

1. skull of a corpse
2. head of a corpse

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ど​くろ [dóꜜkùrò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯᵝɺ̠o̞]

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) されこ​うべ [sàrékóꜜòbè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ɺ̠e̞ko̞ːbe̞]

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) しゃれこ​うべ [shàrékóꜜòbè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ɺ̠e̞ko̞ːbe̞]

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) しゃりこ​うべ [shàríkóꜜòbè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕa̠ɾiko̞ːbe̞]

Noun

髑髏 ‎(hiragana どくろ, romaji dokuro)
(alternative reading hiragana されこうべ, romaji sarekōbe, historical hiragana されかうべ)
(alternative reading hiragana しゃれこうべ, romaji sharekōbe, historical hiragana しゃれかうべ)
(alternative reading hiragana しゃりこうべ, romaji sharikōbe, historical hiragana しゃりかうべ)

1. a skull

Synonyms

• 頭骨 (とうこつ) ‎(tōkotsu)
• 頭蓋 (ずがい) ‎(zugai)
• 頭蓋骨 (ずがいこつ) ‎(zugaikotsu), 頭蓋骨 (とうがいこつ) ‎(tōgaikotsu)

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 4 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
3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0