The kanji 皮: meaning, readings and stroke order
皮
- Meaning
- skin, peel
- On reading
- ヒ hi
- Kun reading
- かわ kawa
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 皮 skin
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- da, vỏ (bì)
- Japanese
- かわ。くだものの そとがわ。
- Korean
- 가죽, 껍질 (피)
- Chinese
- 皮、外皮
Readings, words and example sentences
ヒ hi · on reading · less common
皮肉
mean teasing, sarcasm
人に 皮肉を 言っては いけません。
You must not say mean, teasing things to people.
かわ kawa · kun reading
皮
skin, peel
りんごの 皮を むきます。
I peel an apple.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.