漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
肌: texture, skin
Also: body, grain
JLPT N26 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 几 gives the sound
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
はだhada · kun'yomi · on its own
- 肌はだskin
- 肌身はだみbody
- 肌着はだぎunderwear
- 肌色はだいろskin-colored
- 肌触りはだざわりtexture (for skin)
- 肌寒いはだざむいchilly
- 山肌やまはだbare surface of a mountain
- 地肌じはだone's skin, surface of the ground
- 学者肌がくしゃはだscholarly bent of mind
Also read キ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)肉, as ⺼ (meaning) + 几 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 肌 (rev. 93443704), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Flesh (月) + desk/table (几). Originally suggested the "flesh" that is as smooth and flat as a wooden table—the delicate surface of your skin.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
肌 takes the 几 family's reading, キ (ki).
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jī
Same form: 肌 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 肌 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 肌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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