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Animated Stroke Order 剥

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 剥 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 剥

剥 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

剥=录record+刂knife

A knife (刂) strips off layers or skin (录) — to peel or剥夺.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 剥

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 剥

HSK words that contain this character.

剥削

bō xuē

exploit

剥夺

bō duó

Deprive / strip of

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 剥 is used in context

tā她

zhèng正

zài在

bāo剥

píng苹

guǒ果

pí

Information

Pinyinbāo

Meaningto peel

Strokes10

Radical刂

Traditional剝

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#2027

Zhuyinㄅㄠ

UnicodeU+5265

CangjieNELN

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皮

zhǔn准

bèi备

zuò做

shā沙

lā拉

。

She is peeling an apple to make a salad.

mā妈

ma妈

zhèng正

zài在

chú厨

fáng房

lǐ里

bāo剥

jú橘

zi子

。

Mom is peeling an orange in the kitchen.

fǎ法

yuàn院

bāo剥

duó夺

le了

tā他

de的

zhèng政

zhì治

quán权

lì利

。

The court deprived him of his political rights

zī资

běn本

jiā家

bō剥

xuē削

gōng工

rén人

de的

shèng剩

yú余

jià价

zhí值

。

Capitalists exploit the surplus value of workers.

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