皮
hide, leather, pelt, skin, skin radical (no. 107)
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
5 / 5
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:5
JLPT:2
Frequency:1092
Vocabulary
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| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮革 | ヒカク | leather; hide |
| 皮肉 | ヒニク | irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire; unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned; (only) surface; something superficial; skin and bone; body |
| 皮膚 | ヒフ | skin |
| 皮膚科 | ヒフカ | dermatology |
| 毛皮 | モウヒ | fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱皮 | だっぴ | ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.) |
| 皮 | かわ | skin; hide; pelt; fur; rind; peel; husk; bark; shell; sheath; wrapping; mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming |
| 皮切り | かわきり | beginning; start |
| 皮ふ | ひふ | skin |
| 皮ふ科 | ひふか | dermatology |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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expose, open
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he, that, the
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destitution, limited, scarce
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branch, branch radical (no. 65), support, sustain
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久
long time, old story
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廷
courts, government office, imperial court
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仮
assumed (name), informal, interim, sham, temporary
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肢
arms & legs, limb
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破
break, defeat, destroy, frustrate, rend, rip, tear
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