皮 – pelt, skin, hide

5 strokesTaught in grade 3#1092 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 皮 means pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒ (hi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かわ (kawa). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 皮 (no. 107).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒ	hi
Kun’yomi	かわ	kawa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 皮 (Kangxi radical 107). Components: 又.

Words using 皮

皮かわskin毛皮けがわfur皮肉ひにくirony皮膚ひふskin

Example sentences

動物の皮は毛でおおわれている。

The skin of animals is covered with hair.

Tatoeba #123757

私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。

I can peel an apple.

Tatoeba #152309

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.

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