皮

See also: 𪪍

皮 U+76AE, 皮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76AE ← 皭 [U+76AD] CJK Unified Ideographs 皯 → [U+76AF]

⽪ U+2F6A, ⽪ KANGXI RADICAL SKIN ← ⽩ [U+2F69] Kangxi Radicals ⽫ → [U+2F6B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

皮 (Kangxi radical 107, 皮+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 木竹水 (DHE), four-corner 4024₇, composition ⿻⿱丨又⿰丿乛)

1. Kangxi radical #107, ⽪.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/皮
• 佊, 𠱀, 坡, 𡛡, 㝿, 岥, 帔, 㢰, 彼, 怶, 披, 波, 狓, 陂, 𣃣, 柀, 𣥣, 㱟, 𣬼, 𭴗, 𤖷, 𤙎, 玻, 䏢, 𬒳, 𤱍, 𭼀, 𥅗, 破, 秛, 𬔜, 被, 𥹖, 紴, 𮉲, 𦍷, 翍, 耚, 𦚆, 𦨭, 蚾, 𪤻, 𫵃, 詖(诐), 䜵, 𧰸, 䝛, 貱(𬥶), 𧹞, 跛, 𨈵, 𮝌, 𨠜, 鈹(铍), 䩅, 鞁, 𮧸, 𩖽, 駊(𫘟), 骳, 𩫋, 𩲢, 𭊣, 𭠊, 鮍(鲏), 麬, 𦃯, 𪖞, 𮭛
• 㓟, 𠡄, 𫹄, 𣃤, 𦐢, 𦫗, 頗(颇), 𩠗, 𡛬, 𪓜, 𪚷, 髲, 𢇳, 疲, 𪠏, 旇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 790, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22823
• Dae Jaweon: page 1205, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2753, character 1
• Unihan data for U+76AE

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		皮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 皮
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (皮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
陂	*pral, *prals
詖	*pral, *prals
彼	*pralʔ
柀	*pralʔ
佊	*pralʔ, *prals
貱	*prals
跛	*prals, *paːlʔ
披	*pʰral, *pʰralʔ
鈹	*pʰral
帔	*pʰral, *pʰrals
鮍	*pʰral
耚	*pʰral
狓	*pʰral
翍	*pʰral
旇	*pʰral, *brals
秛	*pʰral, *pʰrals
紴	*pʰralʔ, *paːl
皮	*bral
疲	*bral
被	*bralʔ, *brals
髲	*brals
鞁	*brals
骳	*mbralʔ
波	*paːl
碆	*paːl, *baːl
菠	*paːl
簸	*paːlʔ, *paːls
駊	*paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ
頗	*pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls
坡	*pʰaːl
玻	*pʰaːl
破	*pʰaːls
婆	*baːl
蔢	*baːl

Pictogram (象形) – a hand (又) stripping the fur from an animal pelt (similar to 革). The pelt moved to the top left and became abstracted.

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

“pico-”

Borrowed from English pico-.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 皮

1. skin (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 層／层 m c); peel; shell

   甩皮 [Cantonese]  ―  lat¹ pei⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to have flaky skin; to have peeling skin

   樹皮／树皮  ―  shùpí  ―  bark

   香蕉皮  ―  xiāngjiāo pí  ―  banana peel

2. hide; leather

   皮鞋  ―  píxié  ―  leather shoes

3. wrapper; cover; skin

   餃子皮／饺子皮  ―  jiǎozǐ pí  ―  jiaozi wrapper

4. surface; top part

   水皮  ―  shuǐpí  ―  water surface

5. rubber
6. thin sheet

   鐵皮／铁皮  ―  tiěpí  ―  iron sheet

7. outer; superficial
8. sticky; glutinous
9. soggy; non-crispy
10. naughty; disobedient
11. thick-skinned
12. pico- (SI unit prefix)
13. (Cantonese, colloquial) ten thousand dollars

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Langfang	調皮
	Singapore	頑皮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	皮, 淘, 猴兒
	Tangshan	調皮
	Cangzhou	調皮
	Baoding	費
	Shijiazhuang	調皮
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	費勁
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Xuzhou	皮臉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Kunming	淘氣
	Guilin	跳皮
	Liuzhou	跳皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Nantong	犯厭
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞, 煞氣, 頑皮
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	頑皮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	懆
	Macau	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	韌皮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百厭
	Foshan	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	曳
	Foshan (Shunde)	百厭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頑皮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	壞, 跳皮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	壞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	百厭, 壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百厭
	Taishan	壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	壞賞, 壞
	Enping (Niujiang)	壞鬼
	Heshan (Yayao)	韌皮
	Dongguan	曳, 百厭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百厭, 跳皮
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
	Nanning	跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮
	Wuzhou	韌皮, 百厭, 百跳
	Yulin	頑, 牛骨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	跳皮, 勿乖
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頑皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韌皮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	扭計, 曳, 百厭
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮
	Xingning	蠻, 懆
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頑皮
	Huidong (Daling)	調皮, 綻頭, 懆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頑皮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跳皮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跳皮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	綻, 懆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賤
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	頑皮
	Changting	綻, 懆
	Wuping	綻, 懆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	綻
	Liancheng	綻, 懆
	Ninghua	浪綻, 懆
	Ruijin	綻, 孽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	綻, 頑皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 蓋牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤, 真牛
	Hong Kong	頑皮
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	跳皮
	Senai (Huiyang)	跳皮
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
	Zhangjiakou	調皮
	Handan	費
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刁皮, 楞蟶
	Fuqing	調皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死, 揲, 揲篤
	Quanzhou	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死
	Zhangzhou	孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死
	Kaohsiung	賤
	Yilan	賤
	Changhua (Lukang)	狡怪
	Taichung	孽潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	孽潲
	Tainan	作孽, 孽, 孽潲
	Taitung	孽潲
	Hsinchu	孽
	Penghu (Magong)	狡怪
	Penang (Hokkien)	孽, 怪孽, 歹死
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹死, 孽, 孽潲
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頑皮
	Chaozhou	燦頭
	Shantou	野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跳皮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	跳皮
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頑皮, 跳皮
Wu	Shanghai	頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厭, 調皮, 頑皮
	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wuxi	厭, 皮
	Danyang	調皮, 皮
	Hangzhou	厭, 調皮
	Ningbo	皮
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
	Jinhua	調皮, 皮, 皮面
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮
	Quanzhou	頑皮

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皮):

• → Japanese: 皮(び) (bi); 皮(ひ) (hi)
• → Korean: 피(皮) (pi)

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
納/奈／纳/奈	皮	飛／飞 (fēi)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

皮

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: び (bi)
• Kan-on: ひ (hi, Jōyō)
• Kun: かわ (kawa, 皮, Jōyō)^{←かは (kafa, 皮, historical)}

Compounds

• 皮膚(ひふ) (hifu): skin
• 皮膚科(ひふか) (hifuka): dermatologist

Etymology

kapa → kaɸa → kawa.

Noun

皮(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. skin
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 2, page 33:

     皮 釋名云、皮. 音疲、加波

Related terms

• 革(かわ) (kawa): leather

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 皮 (MC bje). Recorded as Middle Korean 피 (phi) (Yale: phi) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

皮 (eumhun 가죽 피 (gajuk pi))

1. hanja form^? of 피 (“skin”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 피부 (皮膚, pibu)
• 모피 (毛皮, mopi)
• 탄피 (彈皮, tanpi)
• 탈피 (脫皮, talpi)
• 표피 (表皮, pyopi)
• 피질 (皮質, pijil)
• 철면피 (鐵面皮, cheolmyeonpi)
• 피부과 (皮膚科, pibugwa)
• 피부염 (皮膚炎, pibuyeom)
• 피부병 (皮膚病, pibubyeong)
• 피부색 (皮膚色, pibusaek)
• 피부암 (皮膚癌, pibuam)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

皮: Hán Nôm readings: bì, bề, vừa, bầy, bìa, vào

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