剥く

• 読み: むく
• ローマ字: muku
• 漢字の分解: 剥 (haku/mu) — peel, strip, skin
• 発音: /mɯ.kɯ/

意味

To peel; to skin; to shell. The act of removing the outer layer of something.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the く row. A transitive verb used for peeling fruit (りんごを剥く), shelling nuts or eggs (卵を剥く), and skinning animals. Different from 向く (to face) despite identical reading. The intransitive form is 剥ける (mukeru, to peel off on its own). Common in cooking contexts.

例文

1. りんごの皮を上手に剥けるようになりたい。
2. ゆで卵の殻を剥くのが苦手だ。
3. 栗の皮を剥くのは時間がかかる。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, daily life, food preparation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 剥 combines 录 (a phonetic element) and 刂 (blade radical). A blade used to remove the outer covering — the act of stripping away a surface layer.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal