剥

pū

to peel · to skin

Radical: 刂 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left wide, right narrowFrequency: Common

Same radical

利制前列刻别刑刺到剧则剂

Same radical

利制前列刻别刑刺到剧则剂剑削判

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Character Decomposition

剥=录+刂

Etymology

knife

Meanings

to peel

to skin

to shell

to shuck

bāo

to peel

to skin

to flay

to shuck

bō

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Words with 剥 102 total

mottled and peeling off in places斑剥bān bō to exploit · to practice usury盘剥pán bō to grab money · to exploit刻剥kè bō

Idioms with 剥 18 total

(lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) · (fig.) to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter抽丝剥茧chōu sī bō jiǎn