刨

bào
#3,615 most
frequent character
carpenter's plane, to plane (woodwork)

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

刨páo
to excavate
刨bào
variant of 刨[bao4]

Homophones

HSK 4
抱bào
to hold, to carry (in one's arms)
爆bào
explode, burst, quick-fry
豹bào
leopard
报bào
to report
暴bào
sudden, violent, cruel

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