皮

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a hand 又 stripping the fur from an animal pelt (similar to 革). Pelt moved to top left and became abstracted.

皮
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

皮 (radical 107 皮+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 木竹水 (DHE), four-corner 4024₇)

1. skin, hide, fur, leather
2. outer
3. The SI unit prefix pico
4. bark
5. pericarp
6. cortex
7. epidermis

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/皮
• 波 披 旇 破 被 疲 皾

References

• KangXi: page 790, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22823
• Dae Jaweon: page 1205, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2753, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76AE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

皮 (Yale pei4)

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Japanese

Etymology

kapa > kaɸa > kawa.

Noun

皮 (hiragana かわ, romaji kawa, historical hiragana かは)

1. skin
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 2 page 33)

     皮 釋名云、皮. 音疲、加波

Kanji

皮 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ひ (hi)
• Kun: かわ (kawa)

Compounds

• 皮膚 (ひふ, hifu, “skin”)
• 皮膚科 (ひふか, hifuka, “dermatologist”)

References

• 1968 March 5 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

皮 (hangeul 피, revised pi, McCune-Reischauer p'i, Yale phi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

皮 (pinyin pí (pi2), Wade-Giles p'i²)

Compounds

• 桂皮
• 丹皮
• 粉丹皮
• 陈皮
• 石榴皮
• 川种皮
• 海桐皮
• 桑白皮
• 大腹皮
• 苦木皮
• 地骨皮
• 头皮屑 (tóupíxiè)
• 皮蛋

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Middle Chinese

Han character

皮 (bhyɛ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

皮 (bì, bề, vừa, bầy, bìa, vào)