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Kotomora

肌

texture, skin, body, grain

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

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

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  • 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

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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.