皮膚

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See also: 皮肤

Chinese

leather; skin; fur skin
trad. (皮膚) 皮 膚
simp. (皮肤) 皮 肤
anagram 膚皮／肤皮

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 皮 膚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 支 (13) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 符羈切 甫無切
Baxter bje pju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bˠiᴇ/ /pɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bᵚiɛ/ /pio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/biɛ/ /pio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bjiə̆/ /puə̆/
Li
Rong 		/bje/ /pio/
Wang
Li 		/bǐe/ /pĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱie̯/ /pi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pí fū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		pei4 fu1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 皮 膚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		pí fū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bje › ‹ pju ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m-(r)aj/ /*pra/
English skin skin

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 皮 膚
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9711 5275
Phonetic
component 		皮 虍
Rime
group 		歌 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		皮 跗
Old
Chinese 		/*bral/ /*pla/

Noun

皮膚

  1. skin; dermis
    皮膚移植／皮肤移植  ―  pífū yízhí  ―  skin graft
    皮膚真菌／皮肤真菌  ―  pífū zhēnjūn  ―  dermatophyte
    皮膚激光治療／皮肤激光治疗  ―  pífū jīguāng zhìliáo  ―  laser skin treatment
    皮膚損傷／皮肤损伤  ―  pífū sǔnshāng  ―  skin lesion
    皮膚乾燥／皮肤干燥  ―  pífū gānzào  ―  dry skin
  2. (graphical user interface) skin
  3. (video games) skin (alternative outfit for a game character)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皮膚):

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
皮 膚
ひ
Grade: 3 		ふ
Grade: S
kan’on on’yomi
Alternative spelling
皮フ

Sino-Japonic compound word from Middle Chinese 皮 (MC bje) and Middle Chinese 膚 (MC pju). First attested in 717. Compare Korean 피부 (pibu).

Pronunciation

Noun

皮(ひ)膚(ふ) • (hifu) 

  1. (anatomy) skin
    Synonyms: 皮 (kawa), 肌 (hada)
  2. exterior surface
    Synonym: 外面 (gaimen)

References

  1. ^ “皮膚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
皮膚

Noun

皮膚 • (pibu) (hangeul 피부)

  1. Hanja form? of 피부 (“skin”).
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