Kanji Detail for 皮 - "skin, leather, surface"

皮

Jōyō Kanji
Kyōiku Kanji

JLPT N2

ES grade 3

Meaning
皮 means "skin, leather, surface."
1. Skin - The outer covering of a body.
2. Leather - Processed animal hide.
3. Surface - The outer layer.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pelt; skin; hide; leather; skin radical (no. 107)

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

skin, hide, fur, feather; outer

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Pi

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

skin, hide, fur, feathers

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

What covers the surface of animal and plant bodies to wrap their interiors. The outermost layer of the human body is called epidermis. The inner layer is called dermis. In the center are sebum and pigments of various kinds. Hence there are distinctions of yellow race, white race, etc. | Animal skin with fur is called 皮. Without fur is called 革. Colloquially both are called 皮. | Surface. Such as saying 皮相 (superficial). Meaning only observing the exterior, not seeing the actual substance.
Onyomi

hi(ひ)

pi
Kunyomi

kawa(かわ)
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

皮 (kegawa・hinokawa)
Related Keywords
skin leather hide surface peel rind bark coat covering outer layer membrane shell crust wrapping texture tough flexible protect exterior