Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: skin, body, grain, texture, disposition

Kunyomi: はだ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にくづき

Meaning: meat

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(ひふ)   skin

科(ひふか)   dermatology

病(ひふびょう)   skin disease

Onyomi Examples

キフ skin

ただれた皮 タダレタヒフ inflamed skin

Kunyomi Examples

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

山肌 やまはだ mountain's surface, bare surface of a mountain

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