Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Leaf (yè) 顱 Kangxi strokes: 25 Page 1410, Entry 34 Pronounced lu Jade Chapters (Yupian) and Broad Compendium of Rhymes (Guangya) state that the skull is called a skeleton. It is also commonly written as lu. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Eulogy for the Five Sons of Emperor Wu: Heads and skulls lay connected along the road. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written as a variant form (lu). Six Books (Liushu Gu): Written as the variant form (lu). Textual research: The Broad Compendium of Rhymes (Guangya) states that the head and skull are called a skeleton. According to the original text, head and skull has been corrected to skull.