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Chinese symbol for “peel”

扒
bā
to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for peel is 扒 (bā), defined as: to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

扒 bā
to scratch, to dig up; to crouch, to crawl
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “peel”

WordPinyinMeaning
剥 (剝)bāoto peel; to skin
剥 (剝)bōto peel; to skin
剥离 (剝離)bō líto peel; to strip
皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur
果皮guǒ pí(fruit) peel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扒.

WordPinyinMeaning
扒开 (扒開)bā kāito pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
扒皮bā píto flay; to skin
扒手pá shǒupickpocket
吃里扒外 (吃裡扒外)chī lǐ pá wài(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
扒窃 (扒竊)pá qièto steal; to pick pockets
牛扒niú pá(dialect) beef steak

See also: Japanese symbol for “peel”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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