剥 = 录 + 刀

剥 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “peel off”. It is built from 录 (dustpan) and 刀 (sword). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1227.

Keyword: peel off
RTK frame: 1227
Strokes: 10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ハク, ホク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): へ.ぐ, へず.る, む.く, む.ける, は.がれる, は.ぐ, は.げる, は.がす
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: come off, удалять
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 剥 peel

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 剥 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dustpan” + “sword”. 剥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 剥 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.