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剝 = 彔 + 刂

剝 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “peel”. It is built from 彔 (to carve wood) and 刂 (knife).

Keyword
peel
Pinyin (Mandarin)
bō
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
peel, peel off, to shell, strip, полоскать, шелушиться, peel off, to shell, strip

Decomposition

ids

  1. 彔 to carve wood
  2. 刂 knife

How to find 剝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “to carve wood” + “knife”. 剝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 剝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.