pōu

to cut open

to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]

sound (咅) + knife (刂) = cut open and analyze

刂 is the knife radical, grounding the meaning in cutting. 咅 contributes the sound pōu and does not carry semantic weight here.

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KnifeSemantic
A phonetic component with no direct semantic value in this characterPhonetic

医生开了那个肿瘤。

yī shēng pōu kāi le nà ge zhǒng liú。

The doctor cut open that tumor.

他仔细析了这个问题的原因。

tā zǐ xì pōu xī le zhè ge wèn tí de yuán yīn。

He carefully analyzed the reasons behind this problem.

Words with 剖

显微解剖学

xiǎn wēi jiě pōu xué

(medicine) histology; microscopic anatomy

人体解剖

rén tǐ jiě pōu

human anatomy

人体解剖学

rén tǐ jiě pōu xué

human anatomy

剖辩

pōu biàn

to analyze

剖宫产

pōu gōng chǎn

birth by caesarean section

剖宫产手术

pōu gōng chǎn shǒu shù

cesarean section

剖析

pōu xī

to analyze

剖白

pōu bái

to explain oneself

剖肝沥胆

pōu gān lì dǎn

(idiom) to be completely honest and sincere

剖腹

pōu fù

to cut open the abdomen

剖腹产

pōu fù chǎn

cesarean birth

剖腹产手术

pōu fù chǎn shǒu shù

cesarean section

More characters with 咅