pōu
split in two
Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 剖
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to analyze | ||
to cut open | ||
to analyze | ||
to disembowel | ||
anatomy |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰˤ(r)oʔ | phuwX | pōu | cleave, cut |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.9335% of movies
2362nd most common character in movies
2484th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+5256 |
Shuowen | “剖，判也。从刀，咅聲。” |
Sources
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