刨

刨 · páo

carpenter's plane; plane, level

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

carpenter's plane; plane, level

Mandarin
páo
Cantonese
paau4

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 刨 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

ホウビョウ

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

ホウ ビョウ

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

bào

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

bào

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5228
Radical
刀 · 18
Strokes
7 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

7 strokes
刨
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰包刂(GHTKPV)
⿰⿹勹巳刂(J)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 刨

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
páo
kCantonese
paau4
kDefinition
carpenter's plane; plane, level
kTotalStrokes
7
kRSUnicode
18.5
kGradeLevel
2
kTGH
2013:821

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
páo,bào 10331.030
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
bào 0043.040 · páo 0856.080
Tongyong Guifan · 2013
bào 013.050 · páo 276.160
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
páo粵paau4 bào粵paau4
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 刨 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
19dictionary records using 刨0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
包 beside 刂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰包刂$(GHTKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 19 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰包刂$(GHTKPV)

^⿰⿹勹巳刂$(J)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.