Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

剝: come off, peel

Also: fade, discolor

N1 (our estimate)10 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

刂 carries the meaning · 彑 and 氺 are drawn in

10 strokes

Six readings, and the words that use each

むくmuku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 剝くむくto peel; to skin; to pare

むけるmukeru · kun'yomi

  • 剝けるむけるto peel off; to come off; to be taken off

はがれるhagareru · kun'yomi

  • 剝がれるはがれるto come unstuck from; to peel off

はぐhagu · kun'yomi

  • 剝ぐはぐto tear off; to peel off; to rip off

はげるhageru · kun'yomi

  • 剝げるはげるto peel off; to come off; to flake off

はがすhagasu · kun'yomi

  • 剝がすはがすto tear off; to peel off; to rip off

Also read ハク, ホク, へぐ, へずる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
彑

Also built on 彑

氺

Also built on water (氺)

All 5
刂

Also built on knife (刂)

All 27

Also read ハク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ホク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 剥 · traditional, as in Japanese · bō

Japan keeps the traditional form 剝; mainland China simplifies it to 剥.

Simplified
剥 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
剝 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bō most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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