Meaning

Pelt, Skin, Hide, Leather, Skin Radical (no. 107)

Readings

Radical

皮 — skin (Kangxi radical #107)

Components

A basic character — not built from smaller components.

Example sentences

• 人造皮革は本物の皮にかなわない。Artificial leather can't compare with the real thing.
• 私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。I can peel an apple.
• 彼は少しばかり皮肉っぽく話した。He spoke with a suggestion of sarcasm in his voice.

Appears in

• 被 — Incur
• 破 — Rend
• 彼 — He
• 波 — Waves
• 疲 — Exhausted
• 披 — Expose