páobào

carpenter's plane

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

包 sound component

  Sound component

bāo

  

wrap

Definitions

 

páo

carpenter's plane; plane, level; to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract

 

bào

to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)

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bào

variant of [bào]

Most common words with 刨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to dig

刨根问底

to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

刨冰

shaved or crushed ice dessert or beverage

刨子

plane

刨花板

particle board