骨

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 骨 is read ほね and means the hard bones that support a body.
• Basic usage: It refers to things such as fine fish bones or animal bones displayed in a museum.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Part and overall structure
  • 骨 can name an individual bone, while 骨格 focuses on the overall framework formed by bones. 骨 does not always mean one complete skeleton.
• の in a model
  • 骨の模型 means a model representing bones. It does not by itself establish that the model is made from real bone.