Skin Radical (皮) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
皮 is the skin radical. It appears in 9 of the most common Chinese characters — these 9 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 皮 mean?
Skin radical · 皮 pí · 5 strokes · skin, hide
It usually appears on the left of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 皮
皮 itself: A hand using a tool 攴 to strip the hide from a carcass
9 common characters with 皮
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 被 | bèi | [passive marker] | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 破 | pò | break | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 波 | bō | (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波兰); surname Bo | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 彼 | bǐ | that; those; (one) another | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 颇 | pō | quite, rather | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 坡 | pō | slope | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 披 | pī | drape over one’s shoulders | To put on 扌 fur 皮; 皮 also provides the pronunciation |
| 疲 | pí | weary | 皮 supplies the sound |
| 玻 | bō | glass | 皮 supplies the sound |
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