剥

to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,207 U+5265

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 (semantic, “knife”) + 录 (phonetic, lù)

components: 录刂

peel off · Heisig RSH #2207

snowman + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 录

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 录 (lù) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
录 sound component	lù	to copy, to record, to write down
绿	lǜ	green; chlorine
禄	lù	blessing, happiness, prosperity
氯	lǜ	chlorine
碌	lù	rocky, rough, uneven; mediocre
渌	lù	to strain
逯	lù	to leave without a reason; surname

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
资产剥离	zī chǎn bō lí	asset stripping
剥皮器	bō pí qì	peeler (e.g. for vegetables)
生吞活剥	shēng tūn huó bō	to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically
剥采比	bō cǎi bǐ	stripping-to-ore ratio; stripping ratio
剥皮	bāo pí	to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2]
剥落	bō luò	to peel off
盘剥	pán bō	to exploit; to practice usury
剥离	bō lí	to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
现剥	xiàn bāo	(of fruit, prawns etc) peeled on the spot; Taiwan pr. [xian4bo1]
斑剥	bān bō	mottled and peeling off in places
剥除	bō chú	to strip off; to peel off; to remove (esp. unwanted parts)
被剥削者	bèi bō xuē zhě	person suffering exploitation; the workers in Marxist theory
剥削者	bō xuē zhě	exploiter (of labor)
剥皮钳	bāo pí qián	wire stripper
剥削阶级	bō xuē jiē jí	exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
剥掉	bō diào	to peel off; to strip off
刻剥	kè bō	to grab money; to exploit
鲜剥	xiān bāo	(of fruit, prawns etc) freshly peeled; Taiwan pr. [xian1bo1]
抽丝剥茧	chōu sī bō jiǎn	(lit.) to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom); (fig.) to unravel a mystery; to …
剥啄	bō zhuó	(onom.) tap (on a door or window)