皮

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/皮

Glyph origin
– a hand stripping the fur from an animal pelt (similar to ). The pelt moved to the top left and became abstracted.

Etymology

 * “skin”
 * According to STEDT, is likely derived from root  – further from  – and a voicing prefix – likely *m- which is found in several OC words for body parts like, ,  and.


 * “pico-”
 * Borrowed from.

Definitions

 * 1) skin ; peel; shell
 * 2) hide; leather
 * 3) wrapper; cover; skin
 * 4) surface; top part
 * 5) rubber
 * 6) thin sheet
 * 7) outer; superficial
 * 8) sticky; glutinous
 * 9) soggy; non-crispy
 * 10) naughty; disobedient
 * 11) thick-skinned
 * 12) pico- SI unit prefix
 * 13)  ten thousand dollars
 * 14)   model
 * 1) thin sheet
 * 2) outer; superficial
 * 3) sticky; glutinous
 * 4) soggy; non-crispy
 * 5) naughty; disobedient
 * 6) thick-skinned
 * 7) pico- SI unit prefix
 * 8)  ten thousand dollars
 * 9)   model
 * 1)   model

Etymology
→ →.

From, from.

Noun

 * 1) skin

Related terms

 * : leather

Etymology
From.