Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: come off, peel, fade, discolor

Kunyomi: へ.ぐ へず.る む.く む.ける は.がれる は.ぐ は.げる は.がす

Onyomi: ハク ホク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: knife, sword

Examples

Onyomi Examples

剥奪 ハクダツ stripping (of rights, office, etc.), deprivation, forfeit, revocation, divestiture

剥脱 ハクダツ coming off, peeling off

落剥 ラクハク peeling off, coming off

Kunyomi Examples

剥ぐ はぐ to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of

剥く むく to peel, to skin, to pare, to hull, to strip, to bare (teeth, fangs), to open wide (eyes)

剥れる むくれる to become angry or sullen, to take offense, to be miffed, to come unstuck from, to peel off, to come off, to be taken off

剥ける むける to peel off, to come off, to be taken off

剥がれる はがれる to come unstuck from, to peel off, to come off

剥ぐ はぐ to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to bark, to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.), to deprive of, to divest of

剥げる はげる to peel off, to come off, to flake off, to be worn off, to fade, to discolor, to discolour

剥がす はがす to tear off, to peel off, to rip off, to strip off, to skin, to flay, to disrobe, to deprive of, to detach, to disconnect