剖

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to cut open; to analyze; Taiwan pr. [pou3]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 meaning “knife” + 咅 sound ( pǒu )

Components 咅刂

cut open · Heisig RSH #1720

muzzle + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人体解剖学	rén tǐ jiě pōu xué	human anatomy
大体解剖学	dà tǐ jiě pōu xué	(medicine) gross anatomy
人体解剖	rén tǐ jiě pōu	human anatomy
格雷氏解剖学	Gé léi Shì Jiě pōu xué	Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
剖腹产手术	pōu fù chǎn shǒu shù	cesarean section
剖宫产手术	pōu gōng chǎn shǒu shù	cesarean section
显微解剖学	xiǎn wēi jiě pōu xué	(medicine) histology; microscopic anatomy
解剖麻雀	jiě pōu má què	to dissect a sparrow; (fig.) to examine a typical case as the basis for making a generaliz…
解剖学	jiě pōu xué	anatomy
剖腹自杀	pōu fù zì shā	hara-kiri
剖解图	pōu jiě tú	cutaway diagram
剖视图	pōu shì tú	section view; cutaway view
横剖面	héng pōu miàn	horizontal section
解剖刀	jiě pōu dāo	scalpel
尸体解剖	shī tǐ jiě pōu	autopsy; postmortem
解剖室	jiě pōu shì	a dissecting room
剖腹产	pōu fù chǎn	cesarean birth
剖腹藏珠	pōu fù cáng zhū	lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom); fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivia…
剖白	pōu bái	to explain oneself
剖面	pōu miàn	profile; section

Characters sharing the sound component 咅 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
咅 sound part	pǒu	to spit out
部	bù	department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
培	péi	to cultivate, to farm; to shore up
陪	péi	to accompany, to be with, to keep company
赔	péi	to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss
菩	pú	herb, aromatic plant
焙	bèi	to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire
涪	fú	a river in Sichuan province
碚	bèi	suburb
瓿	bù	vase, pot, jar
掊	póu	to extract; to injure
踣	bó	stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis
醅	pēi	unstrained spirits
锫	péi	berkelium