皮 — kanji meaning “pelt”
皮
pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
- Meanings
- pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)
- On'yomi
- ヒ (hi)
- Kun'yomi
- かわ
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1092 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 107
- Chinese reading
- pí — Chinese character page
Words with 皮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮膚 | ひふ hifu | skin |
| 皮肉 | ひにく hiniku | irony; sarcasm; cynicism |
| 毛皮 | けがわ kegawa | fur; skin; pelt |
| 皮切り | かわきり kawakiri | beginning; start |
| 脱皮 | だっぴ dappi | ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing |
| 樹皮 | じゅひ juhi | bark (of a tree, etc.) |
| 皮革 | ひかく hikaku | leather; hide |
| 皮下 | ひか hika | subcutaneous; hypodermic |
| 表皮 | ひょうひ hyouhi | epidermis; cuticle |
| 皮脂 | ひし hishi | sebum; sebaceous matter |
| 皮質 | ひしつ hishitsu | cortex |
| 皮算用 | かわざんよう kawazan'you | over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched |
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