剝

Translingual

Han character

剝 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女水中弓 (VELN), four-corner 2210₀, composition ⿰彔刂)

Derived characters

• 𠺣, 𰹡, 𭄄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 141, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2049
• Dae Jaweon: page 321, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 346, character 4
• Unihan data for U+525D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *proːɡ) : phonetic 彔 (OC *b·roːɡ) + semantic 刀.

Pronunciation

Definitions

剝

1. (Classical) to cut apart
2. to peel; to skin; to shell
3. to fall off; to erode; to come off (of skin, paint, etc。)
4. to strip; to deprive; to exploit
5. (Cantonese, Hakka, Zhongshan Min) to take off (clothes)
6. (Hokkien) to take off; to remove; to take down (something to attached to something else)

   剝目鏡／剥目镜 [Hokkien]  ―  pak ba̍k-kiàⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to take off one's eyeglasses

   剝手指／剥手指 [Hokkien]  ―  pak chhiú-chí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to take off one's ring

7. (Hokkien) to snatch; to take away by force; to rob; to mug

Usage notes

Use 剝／剥 (bāo) for peeling something with one's hands, like a tangerine. Use 削 (xiāo) for peeling something with a knife or peeler, like a potato.

Synonyms

• (to take off):

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *poːkᴰ (“peel”)
  • Lao: ປອກ (pǭk, “peel”)
  • Lü: ᦔᦸᧅᧈ (ṗoak¹)
  • Shan: ပွၵ်ႇ (pàuk)
  • Thai: ปอก (bpɔ̀ɔk, “peel”)

Compounds

References

• (Min Nan) “Entry #5741”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 剥)

1. peel
2. peel off
3. strip

Readings

• Go-on: ほく (hoku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku, Jōyō)
• Kun: はがす (hagasu, 剝がす, Jōyō); はがれる (hagareru, 剝がれる, Jōyō); はげる (hageru, 剝げる, Jōyō); はぐ (hagu, 剝ぐ, Jōyō); むく (muku, 剝く)

Usage notes

Included in the 2010 jōyō reform instead of 剥, despite it having been standard in Japanese character sets.

Korean

Hanja

剝 (eum 박 (bak))

1. to strip
2. undress
3. to cut, trim
4. injure

Vietnamese

Han character

剝: Hán Nôm readings: bác, bóc

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