刻剥
kè​bō

exploit

刻 kè carve

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 亥 represents the sound.

Components

亥
亥 Sound component
hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch
Change in sound
刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhok[kʰ]ˤək cut, engrave

說文解字

《說文》：“刻，鏤也。从刀，亥聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

剥 bō peel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 录 represents the sound. Simplified form of 剝.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

录
录 Sound component
lù copy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

剝 bō peel Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 彔 represents the sound.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

彔
彔 Sound component
lù to carve wood

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwk[p]ˤrok
(~ *mə-pˤrok)		flay, peel
Zhengzhangproːɡ
Unicodepak

說文解字

裂也。从刀从录。录，刻割也。录亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)