風骨

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	bone
trad. (風骨)		風	骨
simp. (风骨)		风	骨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēnggǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹ gwat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong-kut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēnggǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fonggǔ
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-ku³
  - Yale: fēng-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengguu
  - Palladius: фэнгу (fɛngu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fung¹ gwat¹
  - Yale: fūng gwāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹ gwat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: fung¹ gued¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong-kut
  - Tâi-lô: hong-kut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hongkud
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³ kut̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/

Noun

風骨

strength of character
vigor of style (in writing, painting, or of calligraphy)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	骨
ふう Grade: 2	こつ Grade: 6

Noun

風(ふう)骨(こつ) • (fūkotsu)

a steady appearance; physique
(figurative) strength of character; backbone; moral integrity
Synonym: 気骨 (kikotsu)
(poetry, literary) a style of writing with both emotional power ("wind") and structural strength ("bone")