剥 — come off, peel, fade

はがす剥 come off

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+5265 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #2383 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1227 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

come off
peel
fade
discolor

word

は ha Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

剥(は) がす hagasu to peel off

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

彐 snout

氺 water (bottom form)

刂 knife (right form)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#18 刀 knife