Meaning
hide · leather · pelt · skin · skin radical (no. 107)
On'yomi
ヒ
Kun'yomi
かわ
Common compounds (23)
- 皮ふ ひふskin
- 毛皮 もうひkanji "fur" radical
- 皮靴 かわぐつleather shoes; leather boots
- 皮フ科 ひフかdermatology
- 皮 かわmask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
- 皮切り かわきりbeginning; start
- 皮肉 ひにく(only) surface; something superficial
- 脱皮 だっぴfreeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
- 皮革 ひかくleather; hide
- 単皮 たびtabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
- 皮算用 かわざんようover-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
- 一皮 ひとかわunmasking