毛皮
Meanings
1
Refers to the skin of an animal with the fur still attached, used for clothing, accessories, etc.
She is wearing a fur coat.
This fur is from a fox.
2
kanji 'fur' radical
Only with reading けがわ
Refers to the kanji radical 皮 (けがわ), used in characters related to skin or leather. Only used with the reading けがわ.
The radical of characters like 皰 and 皺 is 毛皮 (けがわ).
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉が毛皮を着るfor someone to wear fur
She wears fur when winter comes.
- 毛皮のコートa fur coat
My mother owns one fur coat.
- 〈動物〉の毛皮を剥ぐto skin an animal (remove its pelt)
The hunter skinned the bear.