Kanji

肌

texture, skin, body, grain

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

肉部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はだ

Common Readings

はだ

Example sentences

肌 はだ
冬は肌が乾燥しやすいです。

Skin tends to get dry in winter.

真っ黒 まっくろ
海で一日中遊んでいたので、肌が真っ黒に日焼けした。

Since I played at the sea all day, my skin got a pitch-black tan.

肌寒い はださむい
今朝は少し肌寒いので、上着を持って行ったほうがいいですよ。

It's a bit chilly this morning, so you'd better take a jacket.

羽織る はおる
肌寒いので、上着を羽織った。

Since it was chilly, I threw on a jacket.

鳥肌が立つ とりはだがたつ
その怪談を聞くと、鳥肌が立つ。

When I hear that scary story, I get goosebumps.

素肌 すはだ
彼女は素肌がとても綺麗だ。

She has very beautiful bare skin.

肌で感じる はだでかんじる
現地の市場で、物価の変化を肌で感じる。

At the local market, you can feel changes in prices firsthand.

鳥肌 とりはだ
素晴らしい演奏を聞いて、全身に鳥肌が立った。

Hearing the wonderful performance, I got goosebumps all over my body.

岩肌 いわはだ
険しい岩肌を慎重に登っていく。

He carefully climbed the steep rocky face.

流れ落ちる ながれおちる
岩肌を水が激しく流れ落ちている

Water is flowing down the rock face violently.

Example Vocabulary

肌

はだ

skin; surface; temperament

肌寒い

はださむい

chilly; cold to the skin

鳥肌が立つ

とりはだがたつ

to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end

素肌

すはだ

bare skin; natural skin

肌で感じる

はだでかんじる

to feel firsthand; to understand through direct experience

鳥肌

とりはだ

goosebumps

肌色

はだいろ

岩肌

いわはだ

rock surface; rocky face

肌触り

はだざわり

texture; feel (to the touch)

肌身離さず

はだみはなさず

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