捡骨

Traditional form:

撿骨

Pinyin (reading):

jiǎngǔ

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 捡 - to pick up, to gather, to collect
• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework

Traditional characters:

• 撿 - to pick up, to gather, to collect
• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework