Kanji · first appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary
剖

剖 – divide

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1918 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 剖 means divide. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiボウbou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・口・立.

Words using 剖

Example sentences

死体解剖の結果、絞殺と判明しました。
The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

Kanji with the same radical

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