Chinese Character 剝 Meanings and components.

Form

剝

Meaning

剝 meaning[3] in English

To Peel.

To Skin.

To Shell.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 剝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to carve wood (彔) , and 'knife' radical in … (刂)

Its radical[1] is: 刀 (dao1) which means: Surname Dao, .刀dao1surname Dao

In cangjie it is written with VELN

How to write 剝

To write剝bo1to peel you should write a combination of 彔lu4to carve … , 刂dao1'knife' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

彔 + 刂 = 剝

剝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 剝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 剝, looks as follow:

剝
Pinyin:bo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Peel . To Skin . To Shell . To Shuck
彔
Pinyin:lu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Carve Wood
彑
Pinyin:ji4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 彐[Ji4]
氺
Pinyin:shui3
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 水[Shui3]
刂
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: 'Knife' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 18) . See Also 立刀旁[Li4 Dao1 Pang2] . See Also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[Ce4 Dao1 Pang2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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