剥 – come off, peel, fade

10 strokes#2383 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 剥 means come off, peel, fade, discolor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハク、ホク (haku, hoku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is へ.ぐ、へず.る、む.く、む.ける、は.がれる、は.ぐ、は.げる、は.がす (hegu, hezuru, muku, mukeru, hagareru, hagu, hageru, hagasu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハク	haku
On’yomi	ホク	hoku
Kun’yomi	へ.ぐ	hegu
Kun’yomi	へず.る	hezuru
Kun’yomi	む.く	muku
Kun’yomi	む.ける	mukeru
Kun’yomi	は.がれる	hagareru
Kun’yomi	は.ぐ	hagu
Kun’yomi	は.げる	hageru
Kun’yomi	は.がす	hagasu

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: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: ヨ・刈・水.

Words using 剥

剥くむくto peel剥すはがすto tear off剥がすはがすto tear off剥ぐはぐto tear off剥げるはげるto peel off

Example sentences

彼女は窓からステッカーを引き剥がした。

She tore away the stickers from the window.

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彼女は窓からステッカーを引き剥がした。

She tore away the stickers from the window.

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少年は木の皮を剥いだ。

The boy stripped a tree of the bark.

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Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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