Refers to the rough outer covering of plants (bark, husk) or the raw, untanned skin of an animal.
The bark of this tree is very thick.
The hunter skinned the deer's untanned pelt.
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 粗 (rough, coarse) and 皮 (skin, bark). The reading あらかわ combines the kun'yomi of both characters.