肌 means “skin, complexion”

はだ · hada

Also: texture, body, grain

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はだ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 6 strokes

The story

Flesh (月) beside a small table (几): picture skin as smooth as polished wood. 肌 is your skin as you see and feel it: skincare ads promise 美肌, beautiful skin, and a chill or a thrill brings out 鳥肌, bird skin, goosebumps.

Used in 鳥肌 (torihada, goosebumps), 美肌 (bihada, beautiful skin), and 肌荒れ (hadaare, rough skin)

More from The Human Body

• 胃 stomach
• 膚 skin
• 脳 brain
• 臓 internal organ
• 皮 skin
• 胸 chest
• 腕 arm
• 毛 hair
• 肩 shoulder
• 腰 lower back
• 涙 tears
• 汗 sweat

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.