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解剖 (かいぼう): dissection, autopsy — Japanese vocabulary

解剖 is read かいぼう and means "dissection, autopsy". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

解剖

Reading
かいぼう · kaibou
Translation
dissection, autopsy
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
かいぼうが

Example

死体解剖の結果、絞殺と判明しました。

したいかいぼうのけっか、こうさつとはんめいしました。

The postmortem showed that she had been strangled.

Kanji in this word

  • 解 — solve, untie
  • 剖 — Divide

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