剝

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

• 𠺣, 𰹡, 𭄄

• 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

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

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

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.

• (to take off):

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

• (Min Nan) “Entry #5741”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 剥)

1. peel
2. peel off
3. strip

• 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)

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

剝 (eum 박 (bak))

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

剝: Hán Nôm readings: bác, bóc

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