剥

See also: 剝

剥 U+5265, 剥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5265 ← 剤 [U+5264] CJK Unified Ideographs 剦 → [U+5266]

Translingual

Han character

剥 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 弓水中弓 (NELN), composition ⿰录刂)

Derived characters

• 䃗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 141, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 346, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5265

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 剥 – see 剝 (“to cut apart; to peel; to skin; to shell; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 剝).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	剥
Kyūjitai	剝

Kanji

剥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 剝)

1. peel
2. peel off
3. strip

Readings

• Go-on: ほく (hoku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: はがす (hagasu, 剥がす); はがれる (hagareru, 剥がれる); はげる (hageru, 剥げる); はぐ (hagu, 剥ぐ); むく (muku, 剥く)

Compounds

• 剥(はく)離(り) (hakuri, “detachment”)

Noun

剥(はく) • (haku) 

1. coming off, peeling off

Usage notes

Not included in the 2010 jōyō reform in favor of 剝, despite 剥 having been standard in Japanese character sets.