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剖 = 咅 + 刀

剖 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “divide”. It is built from 咅 (muzzle) and 刀 (sword). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 517.

Keyword
divide
RTK frame
517
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
разделять
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
剖 split in two

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 咅 muzzle
  2. 刀 sword

How to find 剖 without knowing its reading

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

Open 剖 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.