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剖: to split in two; to analyze

 

剖 pōu


: to cut open; to split in two; slice
: dissect; to analyze

Kun Reading
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On Reading

ボウ bou

 Usage:

剖析 pou1xi1: to analyze; to dissect
剖白 pou1bai2: to explain oneself
剖腹 pou1fu4: to cut open the abdomen; to disembowel; to speak from the heart
剖視[视] pou1shI4: to analyze; to dissect
剖解 pou1jie3: to dissect; to analyze
解剖 jie3pou1: to dissect (an animal); to analyze; anatomy
[かいぼう kaibou: dissection; autopsy;
: analysis]

人體解剖 [人体解剖] ren2ti3 jie3pou1: human anatomy
[人体解剖学 | じんたいかいぼうがく jintai kaibou gaku: human anatomy]  
屍體解剖[ [尸体解剖] shi1īti3 jie3pou1: autopsy; postmortem
[剖検 | ぼうけん bouken: autopsy; necropsy]  
動物解剖 [动物解剖] dong4wu4 jie3pou1: zootomy



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
剖腹藏珠 pou1 fu4 cang2 zhu1
: lit. cutting one’s stomach to hide a pearl; fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities

解剖麻雀 jie3 pou1 ma2 que4
: lit. to dissect a sparrow; fig. a preliminary test on a small sample

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
(dao1: knife radical 18) suggests the meaning while
(pou3: to spit out) provides the sound.



 Examples:
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Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary