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Kanji Detail for 膚 - "skin, surface, outer"
膚
- Meaning
膚 means "skin, surface, outer."
Skin - Body surface; epidermis. Example
Surface - The outside; outer layer; superficial.
Shallow - Superficial; surface-level only.
Beautiful - Fine; splendid.
Large - Big.
Finger-breadth - The length of four fingers placed flat.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
skin; body; grain; texture; disposition
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
skin; superficial, shallow
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
skin
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
skin; shallow, superficial
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The outer skin of the body. Hence calling calamity affecting oneself is called 切膚之痛 (pain that cuts the skin). | The meaning of being external. (Analects) "Accusations that only affect the surface." Meaning not that the flesh itself is guilty. Hence superficial learning is called 末學膚受 (shallow learning). Meaning not going deep. Superficial writing is also called 膚淺 (superficial). Such as 膚廓, 膚泛, etc. All have this meaning. | Great. 膚公 means great merit. Seen in (Book of Odes). | Four fingers is called 膚. Originally written as 扶. An ancient method of measuring things. Such as describing a small area as 膚寸 (a tiny bit).
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