Keyword
marrow
Info
FrequencyTop 2100-2200
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig1385
Old form
Readings
ずい
(100%)
Composed of
bone
be in possession
walking on a road
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
spinal cord
Examples (5 in total)
He is Japanese to the bone.
He is rotten to the core.
This, in essence, is the secret of science.
Freedom is the very essence of our democracy.
Brevity is the soul of wit.