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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: texture, skin, body, grain

Kunyomi: はだ

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 月 几

肌

Radical

Radical: 肉

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Reading: にくづき

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Examples

Examples with audio

肌(はだ)   skin

肌身(はだみ)   body

肌着(はだぎ)   underwear

肌色(はだいろ)   skin-colored

肌触り(はだざわり)   texture (for skin)

肌寒い(はだざむい)   chilly

山肌(やまはだ)   bare surface of a mountain

地肌(じはだ)   one's skin, surface of the ground

学者肌(がくしゃはだ)   scholarly bent of mind

Onyomi Examples

肌骨 (キコツ) skin and bones

肌膚 (キフ) skin

雪肌 (ユキハダ) snow's surface, lily-white skin, fair skin

美肌 (ビハダ) beautiful skin

Kunyomi Examples

肌 (はだ) skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type

肌色 (はだいろ) flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone

素肌 (すはだ) bare skin, naked skin

地肌 (じはだ) texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade

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