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Chinese symbol for “dermis”

真皮
zhēn pí
(anatomy) dermis; genuine leather

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dermis is 真皮 (zhēn pí), defined as: (anatomy) dermis; genuine leather.

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Characters and stroke order

真 zhēn
real, actual, true, genuine
radical 109 ⽬ · 10 strokes
皮 pí
skin, hide, fur, feathers
radical 107 ⽪ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dermis”

WordPinyinMeaning
真皮层 (真皮層)zhēn pí céngdermis

Related words

Other words that share a character with 真皮.

WordPinyinMeaning
真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
真是zhēn shiindeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
真实 (真實)zhēn shítrue; real
认真 (認真)rèn zhēnconscientious; earnest
真相zhēn xiàngthe truth about sth; the actual facts
皮肤 (皮膚)pí fūskin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài)
皮革pí géleather; 张 (zhāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “dermis”.

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.