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膚
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
肤
🇨🇳

skin

HSK 10 N2
Nature →Plants
fū
フ
はだ
부
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 盧 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (膚)
盧 Louvre+ ⺼ meat (side) =
膚 skin
盧 Phonetic component
Louvre
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⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
Simplified (肤)
⺼ meat (side)+ 夫 husband =
肤 skin
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
夫 Phonetic component
fū husband
man, male adult, husband
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Notes
Similar Characters
臚 arrange in order (trad)廬 name (trad)瀘 river (trad)爐 stove (trad)蘆 reeds (trad)轤 windlass (trad)鑪 oven (trad)顱 skull (trad)驢 donkey (trad)鱸 sea (trad)鸕 cormorant (trad)媠 lazy育 education冑 helmet (trad)朊 protein肋 chest肌 muscle肓 region between heart肘 elbow肚 belly
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 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 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)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
肤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
肤 / 膚 [fū]
skin
Japanese
肌 、 膚 (rare) はだ 、 はだえ 同音

noun

  1. skin
  2. body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)
  3. surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
  4. disposition; temperament; character; type
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
刺激を受け続けると肌の保護作用により角質が肥厚して、ゴワゴワしたり硬くなって、毛穴が目立ってきます。
If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
中国の音楽はどうも僕の肌に合わない。
I don't have the feeling for Chinese music in my body.
CHINESE WORDS (23)
皮肤 [pí​fū] #2,168
skin
肌肤 [jī​fū] #11,892
skin
肤色 [fū​sè] #6,114
skin color
肤浅 [fū​qiǎn] #8,498
skin-deep
皮肤病 [pí​fū​bìng] #25,654
dermatosis
体无完肤 [tǐ​wú​wán​fū] #26,799
lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted
皮肤癌 [pí​fū​'ái] #28,092
skin cancer
皮肤科 [pí​fū​kē] #25,652
dermatology
体肤 [tǐ​fū] #26,254
skin
切肤之痛 [qiè​fū​zhī​tòng] #50,992
keenly felt pain
13 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (62)
⭐ 肌 [はだ] #1,437
skin
⭐ 皮膚 [ひふ] #4,275
skin
⭐ 肌寒い [はださむい] #12,046
chilly
素肌 [すはだ] #14,460
bare skin
完膚なきまで [かんぷなきまで] #20,182
completely
⭐ 肌色 [はだいろ] #20,848
flesh colour (of a Japanese person)
岩肌 [いわはだ] #21,438
bare rock
⭐ 肌触り [はだざわり] #22,519
feel
人肌 [ひとはだ] #26,610
the skin (of a human being)
⭐ 肌着 [はだぎ] #29,617
underwear
52 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
피부 #6,428
skin
피부과 #17,743
dermatology; department of dermatology
피부병
skin disease