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皮
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

covering

HSK 3 N2
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pí
ヒ
かわ
피
Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.
Components
◎ characterless component+ 又 again =
皮 covering
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts an animal with its skin being peeled off.
又 Iconic component
yòu again
and, also, again, in addition
Depicts a hand.
Notes
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Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
皮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
皮 [Pí]
surname Pi
皮 [pí]
leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhāng]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty
Japanese
皮 かわ 同音

noun

  1. skin; hide; pelt; fur
  2. rind; peel; husk; bark
  3. shell; sheath; wrapping
  4. mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
動物の皮は毛でおおわれている。
The skin of animals is covered with hair.
私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。
I can peel an apple.
ぎょうざの具のあまりは？餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。
Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
Japanese Names
皮 ひ
Hi unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
皮肤 [pí​fū] #2,168
skin
皮肤 [pí​fū] #2,168
skin
皮带 [pí​dài] #6,018
strap
皮带 [pí​dài] #6,018
strap
眼皮 [yǎn​pí] #7,232
eyelid
皮鞋 [pí​xié] #12,692
leather shoes
皮质 [pí​zhì] #19,418
cortex
皮质 [pí​zhì] #19,418
cortex
调皮 [tiáo​pí] #11,072
naughty
调皮 [tiáo​pí] #11,072
naughty
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 皮肉 [ひにく] #3,518
irony
⭐ 皮膚 [ひふ] #4,275
skin
⭐ 毛皮 [けがわ] #9,268
fur
羊皮紙 [ようひし] #19,219
parchment
⭐ 皮切り [かわきり] #19,654
beginning
皮肉にも [ひにくにも] #22,323
ironically enough
⭐ 革靴 [かわぐつ] #22,957
leather shoes
革袋 [かわぶくろ] #25,309
leather bag
頭皮 [とうひ] #28,372
scalp
表皮 [ひょうひ] #28,676
epidermis
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KOREAN WORDS (14)
피부 #6,428
skin
피부과 #17,743
dermatology; department of dermatology
계피
cinnamon
내피
inner skin
모피
fur
외피
skin; husk; peel
탈피
shedding; escape from
표피
epidermis; scarfskin
피부병
skin disease
피상적
being superficial; being shallow
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