bō, bāo
peel
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 剝.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 剥
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to peel | ||
to deprive | ||
to exploit | ||
to peel | ||
to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.3133% of movies
2126th most common character in movies
1959th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5265 |
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