JLPT N2 · 6 strokes
Kanji 肌: "texture, skin, body"
The kanji 肌 means "texture, skin, body, grain". It is written with 6 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read キ in on'yomi and はだ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はだ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | texture, skin, body, grain |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 6 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1559 of 2,501 |
Common words with 肌
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 肌skin · body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)
- 肌寒いchilly; unpleasantly cold
- 鳥肌が立つto get goosebumps · to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
- 素肌bare skin; naked skin
- 肌で感じるto understand from experience
- 鳥肌goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples · rough skin; coarse skin
- 肌色flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange · (one's) skin color; skin colour; skin tone
- 岩肌bare rock; rock surface; rock face
- 肌触りfeel; touch; texture · manner (with others)
- 肌身離さず(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
- 人肌the skin (of a human being) · warmth of the skin; body warmth
- 柔肌soft fair skin
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