come off, peel, fade, discolor
剥 centers on removing an outer layer or surface: peeling, stripping, or coming off. The fade and discolor senses extend this idea to a surface losing its original color or finish.
剥 combines 录 (a component associated with carving or stripping) and 刂 (knife), suggesting cutting or peeling away a surface. The exact historical development of 录 is uncertain.
A knife 刂 on the right and a shape like a stripped log 录 on the left: imagine using a knife to peel bark off a log, causing the outer layer to come off.
For ハク, picture peeling a sticky label off a package with a satisfying 'hack' sound: hack -> ハク, as the knife strips the surface away.
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to strip
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to bark
detachment; coming off; peeling off; exfoliation
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer)
peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
flake; chip
to peel (roughly); to tear off; to rip off
(skin) peeling fully off
to reveal one's true colors
to take a veneer off something
carotid endarterectomy; CEA
denudation; degradation
peeling; separation; exfoliation
to peel off and fall; to flake away
shelled shrimp (that have also had their heads removed)