肤
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skin
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How 肤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 夫 (phonetic, fū)
How to remember it
skin · Heisig RSH #1977
flesh + 夫 husband
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夫 (fū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夫 sound component | fū | man, husband; worker; those |
| 规 | guī | rules, regulations, customs, law |
| 扶 | fú | to support, to protect, to help |
| 芙 | fú | lotus; hibiscus |
| 麸 | fū | bran |
| 趺 | fū | to sit cross-legged; tarsus, instep |
| 呋 | fū | used in transliterations |
| 蚨 | fú | a kind of water beetle; cash, dollars, money |
Words containing 肤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皮肤病 | pí fū bìng | skin disease; skin condition; dermatosis |
| 体无完肤 | tǐ wú wán fū | lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted |
| 皮肤科 | pí fū kē | dermatology |
| 切肤之痛 | qiè fū zhī tòng | keenly felt pain; bitter anguish |
| 皮肤肌肉囊 | pí fū jī ròu náng | dermo-muscular sac |
| 蓝肤木 | lán fū mù | sumac (Rhus coriaria), east Mediterranean deciduous shrub with fruit used as spice; also c… |
| 盐肤木 | yán fū mù | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) |
| 体肤 | tǐ fū | skin; flesh; body |
| 肤色 | fū sè | skin color |
| 皮肤 | pí fū | skin; CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4] |
| 爽肤水 | shuǎng fū shuǐ | toner (cosmetics) |
| 柔肤水 | róu fū shuǐ | skin toner |
| 亲肤 | qīn fū | skin-friendly |
| 护肤 | hù fū | skincare |
| 润肤露 | rùn fū lù | body lotion |
| 润肤乳 | rùn fū rǔ | body lotion; body shampoo |
| 皮肤癌 | pí fū ái | skin cancer |
| 肌肤 | jī fū | skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship |
| 舒肤佳 | Shū fū jiā | Safeguard (brand) |
| 润肤膏 | rùn fū gāo | moisturizing cream |