Keyword
skin (of an animal or a plant)
- pelt
- skin
- hide
- leather
- skin radical (no. 107)
- Frequency
- #1092
- Strokes
- 5
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 865
Readings
ヒ75%
かわ25%
Mnemonic
Give a fat sausage one slash left and the pink filling oozes out everywhere: its skin (of an animal or a plant) was the only support holding it together.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
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Used in vocabulary
皮肉
irony; sarcasm; cynicism; satire; unexpected; different from what one expected; not as one had planned; (only) surface; something superficial
Noun
脱皮
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; molting; moulting; casting off; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
Noun
皮肉る
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
Godan verb
上皮
outer layer (e.g. of skin); cuticle; epidermis; bark; rind; crust; film (on the surface of a liquid); scum; epithelium
Noun