剥

JŌYŌ KANJI · Secondary school

come off

come off · peel · fade · discolor

10 strokesRadical 18U+5265
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Readings

Official Jōyō readings in table order

On’yomi 音読み

ハク

Kun’yomi 訓読み

はがすはぐはがれるはげる

Additional readings in the learning dataset

On’yomi

ホク

Kun’yomi

へ.ぐへず.るむ.くむ.ける

These are outside the official Jōyō list above. A listed reading is not necessarily common in modern use.

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Origin and meaning

Verified against KanjiPedia 成り立ち.

Earlier sense recorded in the sourcecutting apart with a knife
Meanings in the learning dataset todaycome off · peel · fade · discolor

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Written form

No parenthesized form is given in the official Jōyō index for this character.

Dictionary radical刀かたな · sword / blade
Stroke count10May vary for alternate forms.
UnicodeU+5265Modern character encoding, not an origin date.

Compare manuscript and printed examples in the HNG historical glyph archive ↗. Where available, its dated samples document written forms; they do not establish the first use of this character in Japan.

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Examples in the official table

  • 剝製,剝奪
  • 剝がす
  • 剝ぐ
  • 剝がれる
  • 剝げる

Official notes

  • *[(付)第2の3参照]
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When did it enter Japanese?

Chinese characters reached Japan through a long process of contact. Early inscribed objects and sixth-century Japanese names are documented; this is context for the writing system, not a first date for 剥.

剥 appears in the current Jōyō kanji table published on 30 November 2010. This records modern standard status, not the date the character was first used in Japan.

A dated first Japanese use for 剥 has not been verified in the sources attached to this entry.

Agency for Cultural Affairs: writing history ↗ · 2010 Jōyō notice ↗

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