Memory phrase for the character: 剥

剥

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Meaning

to peel, to skin, to shell, to shuck, to flay

Pronunciation

bāo, bō

Explanation

Left: diary, record 录 ("to squeeze out" = part of green 绿 where fibers 糸 are squeezed by hand 彐 a green 绿 liquid 水 emerges), right: knife, to cut刂

Mnemonic


 
What can be squeezed or cut, can also be peeled.

Radicals

录 squeeze outThe hanzi 录 has the meaning: to keep a record/to transcribe, but is used as a radical with the meaning “to squeeze out”, as this shows a hand 彐 squeezing out a liquid 水.
刂 cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.




 Vocabulary

剥削阶级 bō xuē jiē jí  exploiting class (in Marxist theory)
剥夺 bō duó  to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
剥削 bō xuē  to exploit; exploitation
剥啄 bō zhuó  tap (on a door or window)
 


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