bāo, bō

to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck

Radical: 刂 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

剥 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 剥

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 剥.

刻剥
kè bō
剥削
bō xuē
剥啄
bō zhuó
剥夺
bō duó
剥掉
bō diào
剥皮
bāo pí
剥离
bō lí
剥落
bō luò
剥蚀
bō shí
剥除
bō chú
斑剥
bān bō
现剥
xiàn bāo

Related characters (radical 刂)

Characters that share the radical .

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