Chinese Character Wiki
皮

pí

skin

Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts an animal with its skin being peeled off.

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

皮 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
皮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皮 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
皮 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

皮  

pí

skin, hide, fur, feather; outer; leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhāng]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty

皮  

Pí

surname Pi

Most common words with 皮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

皮

skin

皮肤

skin

皮带

strap

眼皮

eyelid

皮鞋

leather shoes

Component uses

Meaning component in 7 characters (0 verified)

皱 皺 披 皰 皴 皲 皻

Sound component in 15 characters (3 verified)

被 破 波 彼 坡 颇 頗 玻 疲 披 簸 跛 陂 铍 帔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-[p](r)aj

bje

pí

skin


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 50.9691% of movies

678th most common character in movies

741st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+76AE

Shuowen

“皮，剝取獸革者謂之皮。从又，為省聲。，古文皮。，籀文皮。”


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