Onyomi: フ · Kunyomi: はだ · Meanings: body, disposition, grain, skin, texture
Kanji for body, disposition, grain, skin, texture
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膚 is formed from the flesh radical 月 on the left and a complex component on the right made of 虍 on top and 思 below. 月 represents the body or flesh, while the right side adds sound and structure. Together, they indicate the outer flesh of the body. From this structure, 膚 came to mean skin or outer layer of the body.
膚 shows the body’s outer flesh, meaning skin.
Think of the flesh of the body (月) focusing on its outer surface. That outer layer covering the body is the skin — 膚.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 肌 | はだ | skin | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 肌着 | はだぎ | underwear, underclothes, lingerie, chemise, singlet | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 肌寒い | はださむい | chilly, unpleasantly cold | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 肌触り | はだざわり | feel, touch, texture | Noun |
| 肌色 | はだいろ | flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 肌身 | はだみ | body | Noun |
| 肌が合う | はだがあう | to be compatible, to get along well | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'u' ending |
| 肌寒 | はださむ | chill (esp. in autumn), chilliness | Noun |