# 剥 — peel off

剥 means “peel off”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes.  Kun'yomi: へ(ぐ) (hegu), む(く) (muku), は(がれる) (hagareru). You'll see it in words such as 剥ぐ (hagu, “to tear off; to peel off”).

- Meaning: peel off
- On'yomi: —
- Kun'yomi: へ(ぐ) (hegu), む(く) (muku), は(がれる) (hagareru)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Hands at work 7

## How to remember 剥

Parts: ヨ hand · 水 water · 刂 sword

## Words with 剥

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 剥ぐ | はぐ (hagu) | to tear off; to peel off |
| 剥がれる | はがれる (hagareru) | to come unstuck from; to peel off |

## More in the “Hands at work 7” set

[汰](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/sift/) · [弄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/toy-with/) · [采](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dice/) · [剥](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peel-off/) · [捻](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/twist/) · [填](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fill-in/) · [潰](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/crush/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peel-off/. Last updated 2026-11-01.