刨
鑤bào
#3,615 most
frequent character
variant of 刨[bao4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
刨 has 刂 knife as the meaning part and 包 bāo as a sound part whose tone differs. It first meant to pare or whittle. That grew to planing wood and shaving off. Read páo, it means to dig.
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