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JLPT N3 · Cooking verbs

剥く

むく

to peel

Stroke order of 剥く

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

剥 · 10 strokesく · 1 strokes

Memory trick

剥 has a knife 刂 and a carved 彔 pattern: a knife stripping the surface.

Parts: 剥 peel + く kana

The characters in 剥く

  • く く — ku (1 strokes)

Example sentence

りんごの皮を剥きます。

りんごのかわをむきます。

I peel the apple.

More words: Cooking verbs

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