捡骨 in English jian3 gu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location

Simplified Characters

捡 骨

Traditional Characters

撿 骨

Pinyin

jian3 gu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

捡jian3to pick up 骨gu3bone