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皮 = 支 + 亅

皮 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pelt”. It is built from 支 (branch) and 亅 (hook). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 865. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

pelt

RTK frame

865

Strokes

5

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

ヒ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

かわ

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

шкурка, skin

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

皮 skin

Decomposition

Characters that contain 皮

• 波 waves
• 披 expose
• 破 rend
• 被 incur
• 彼 he
• 疲 tired
• 簸 winnow
• 頗 exceedingly

How to find 皮 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “branch” + “hook”. 皮 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 皮 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.