剥がす
はがす · hagasu · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to peel off
🍌 剥がす = you make it come off (causative of 剥がれる, come off by itself)
The right side 刂 is the knife radical, so 剥 means cutting something loose. Use it for stickers, bark, paint, or skin you strip off.
剥 — 录 (carve) + 刂 (knife radical)
剥 is a semantic compound: 刂 (knife) on the right shows the action, while 录 on the left originally depicted carving or scraping. Together they convey peeling or stripping something off with a blade. The two readings split usage: bāo in everyday speech (peel fruit), bō in compounds (剥削 exploit).