# 剥 — Peel

Frequency rank 2195 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 但 (However), less common than 勲 (Merit).

- On’yomi: はく
- Kun’yomi: む、は
- Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)
- Frequency path: Level XVII of XX

Using a knife, you peel off the horns from a creature's mouth — peeling them clean off.

In words:

- 剥く むく — to peel,to skin,to pare,to hull
- 剥す はがす — (v5s) to tear off,to peel off,to rip off
- 剥ぐ はぐ — to tear off;to peel off;to rip off;to strip off;to skin;to flay;to disrobe;to deprive of

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