to peel

to skin; to flay; to shuck

knife (刂) + sound lù (录) = strip and peel away

The knife radical does all the semantic work here — cutting and stripping away. 录 lends the pronunciation bō and carries no meaning of its own in this character.

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Knife (variant of 刀)Semantic
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她慢慢地开橘子的皮。

tā màn màn de bō kāi jú zi de pí。

She slowly peeled open the orange's skin.

他坐在桌边虾,手上全是汁水。

tā zuò zài zhuō biān bō xiā,shǒu shàng quán shì zhī shuǐ。

He sat at the table shucking shrimp, his hands covered in juices.

Words with 剥

鲜剥

xiān bāo

(of fruit, prawns etc) freshly peeled

刻剥

kè bō

to grab money

剥削

bō xuē

to exploit

剥削者

bō xuē zhě

exploiter (of labor)

剥削阶级

bō xuē jiē jí

exploiting class (in Marxist theory)

剥啄

bō zhuó

(onom.) tap (on a door or window)

剥夺

bō duó

to deprive

剥掉

bō diào

to peel off

剥采比

bō cǎi bǐ

stripping-to-ore ratio

剥皮

bāo pí

to skin; to flay; to peel

剥皮器

bō pí qì

peeler (e.g. for vegetables)

剥皮钳

bāo pí qián

wire stripper

More characters with 录

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