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Kanji 膚: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 膚: skin, body, grain, texture, disposition

Key takeaways

Kanji 膚: skin, body, grain, texture, disposition. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

skinbodygraintexturedisposition

On reading

Kun reading

はだ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 膚

skin, body, grain, texture, disposition

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

虍 + 胃

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Think of the skin as the body's outer layer, patterned like tiger stripes (虍), which protects internal organs like the stomach (胃). It represents the skin or flesh that covers the entire body, much like a tiger's pelt.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

  • 皮膚ひふ

    skin

Commonly used words

  • 皮膚
    ひふ

    skin

Example sentences

Example 1

が乾燥してかゆいです。

Translation

My skin is dry and itchy.

Example 2

日焼けで皮が赤くなった。

Translation

My skin turned red from sunburn.

Kanji 膚: skin, body, grain, texture, disposition | Daily Nihongo