When the formation data identifies 皮 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
皮
Radical 107 of 214 · 5 strokes
Skin
pí
Unicode uses 皮 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is skin, hide, fur, feather; outer. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
3 course characters7 character–word links
Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
Character index
3 course characters
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皮pískin, hide, fur, feathersDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a hand (又) peeling off the skin from an animal.
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 又Pictographic component(hand); again
- Category radical
- 皮 skin
- Visual structure
- 攴
HSK words with 皮5 words in this course
皱zhòuwrinkles, creases, foldsDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 皮 represents the meaning and 刍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 皺.
- 皮Semantic componentskin; leather
- 刍Phonetic componentmow; cut grass; hay
- Category radical
- 皮 skin
- Visual structure
- 刍 + 皮
HSK words with 皱1 word in this course
皺zhòuwrinkles, creases, foldsDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 皮 represents the meaning and 芻 represents the sound.
- 皮Semantic componentskin; leather
- 芻Phonetic componentmow; cut grass; hay
- Category radical
- 皮 skin
- Visual structure
- 芻 + 皮
HSK words with 皺1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.