皮 pí
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 皮 — skin, hide, fur, feathers
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
皮肤
pífū
skin
Characters in this word
肤 fū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 夫 man, husband
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 皮肤很干。 Pífū hěn gān. The skin is very dry.
- 她皮肤很好。 Tā pífū hěn hǎo. Her skin is very good.
- 保护皮肤。 Bǎohù pífū. Protect your skin.