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Kanji Detail for 剖 - "to dissect, to analyze"

剖

  • Meaning

    剖 means "to dissect, to analyze." Also associated with to clarify.

    1. Dissect - To cut apart for examination.

    2. Divide - To separate into parts.

    3. Analyze - To examine in detail.

    4. Distinguish - To recognize differences.

  • Words using 剖

    • 解剖 かいぼう Listen dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination

  • Tattoo check: 剖

    • Verified meaning: to dissect, to analyze
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すえたか, すえちか)
    • Also carries these associations: to clarify

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 剖

    Surnames 剖(すえたか)Listen 剖(すえちか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    divide

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    split in two, slice; dissect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to bisect, to dissect, to slice

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To split. Dividing in the middle is called 剖, like the colloquial "breaking open." Such as a metaphor for a country's division is 豆剖瓜分 (divided like beans and melons). | To analyze. Such as clarifying the origins and details of a matter is called 剖明.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    to dissect to analyze to clarify cut determine distinguish divide anatomy analysis bisect break down carve cleave examine incise inspect partition scrutinize segment separate slice

Sentences including 剖

  • The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

  • We dissected a frog to examine its internal organs.

  • Most important of all, the brain needs global reentry pathways connecting these anatomical structures.

  • If you want to know a person you like better, you have to confine them and dissect them.

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