膚

See also: 肤

Translingual

Han character

膚 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜心田月 (YPWB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿸虍胃)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 992, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29829
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2107, character 5
• Unihan data for U+819A

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Chinese

trad.		膚
simp.		肤

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 膚
Western Zhou
Bronze inscriptions

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū (fu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fû
• Northern Min (KCR): hú
• Eastern Min (BUC): hŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹fu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fu
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • Palladius: фу (fu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fû
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
    • Tâi-lô: hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹fu
    • MiniDict: fu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹fu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fu⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: pju

Rime
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫無切
Baxter	pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pio/
Shao Rongfen	/pio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆/
Li Rong	/pio/
Wang Li	/pĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pla/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fū
Middle Chinese	‹ pju ›
Old Chinese	/*pra/
English	skin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
No.	5275
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跗
Old Chinese	/*pla/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 膚

1. skin
2. superficial; shallow

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Japanese

Kanji

膚

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kun: はだ (hada, 膚)

Compounds

• 皮膚(ひふ) (hifu): skin
• 皮膚科(ひふか) (hifuka): dermatologist

Noun

膚(はだ) • (hada) 

1. the skin
2. the surface
3. a type

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Korean

Hanja

膚 (eumhun 살갗 부 (salgat bu))

1. skin

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