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肌

texture
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingはだ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. textureRtK
    彼は肌着を裏返しに着た。He put on his undershirt inside out.tatoeba
    肌寒いです。It's chilly.tatoeba
  2. skin
    彼の肌は青年の肌のように張りがある。His skin has the tone of a young man's.tatoeba
    肌荒れがひどいですね。Your skin is breaking out.tatoeba
  3. body
  4. grain
  1. body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)
  2. surface
  3. grain (e.g. of wood)

Synonyms

スキン皮膚

Radicals and components

Radical肉meat
Components
How it's built
肌
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 70

Compound words

地肌じはだ
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; bare skin
肌色はだいろ
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange; (one's) skin color; skin colour
肌着はだぎ
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
肌寒いはださむい
chilly; unpleasantly cold
肌触りはだざわり
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
黄肌きはだ
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
鮫肌さめはだ
rough skin (like that of a shark)
山肌やまはだ
mountain's surface
小肌こはだ
mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
素肌すはだ
bare skin
鳥肌とりはだ
goosebumps
槙肌まいはだ
caulking
姐御肌あねごはだ
a woman's natural inclination to care for others
黄肌鮪きはだまぐろ
yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
学者肌がくしゃはだ
scholarly bent of mind
人肌燗ひとはだかん
sake warmed to human body temperature (approx. 37 degrees C)
肌襦袢はだじゅばん
(Japanese-style) undershirt worn under nagajuban
勇み肌いさみはだ
gallant
一肌脱ぐひとはだぬぐ
to pitch in and help
人肌脱ぐひとはだぬぐ
to pitch in and help
ひと肌脱ぐひとはだぬぐ
to pitch in and help

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 肌

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step