肌
texture, skin, body, grain
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
Kun'yomi
- はだ
Meaning
肌 centers on the surface quality of a body: skin, texture, and grain. The body sense is a natural extension of the skin that covers it.
Most common words using 肌
20 of 88- 肌はだN3
skin
- 美肌びはだ
beautiful skin
- 鳥肌とりはだ
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples
- 肌荒れはだあれ
bad skin; rough skin; unhealthy skin; skin irritation; skin breakouts
- 肌色はだいろN1
flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
- 肌寒いはださむい
chilly; unpleasantly cold
- 素肌すはだ
bare skin; naked skin
- 人肌ひとはだ
the skin (of a human being)
- 肌身はだみ
body
- 肌着はだぎN2
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
- 肌触りはだざわり
feel; touch; texture
- 地肌じはだ
texture; grain
- 柔肌やわはだ
soft fair skin
- 白肌しらはだ
white-coloured skin
- 岩肌いわはだ
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
- 山肌やまはだ
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
- 雪肌ゆきはだ
snow's surface
- もち肌もちはだ
soft skin; smooth skin
- 肌合いはだあい
disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling
- もろ肌もろはだ
both bare shoulders; stripped to the waist
Study
Etymology
肌 combines ⺼ (flesh/body part) with 几, which likely contributes the sound. The character expresses the skin or surface of the body.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical ⺼ beside 几 looks like a body part with a textured surface. Picture running your hand over skin and feeling its grain.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, imagine a key scratching the skin's surface: key -> キ, and the scratch reveals the texture.