膚

膚

See also: 肤

膚 U+819A, 膚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-819A ← 膙 [U+8199] CJK Unified Ideographs 膛 → [U+819B]

Translingual

Han character

膚 (radical 130, 肉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜心田月 (YPWB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿸虍胃)

References

• KangXi: page 992, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29829
• Dae Jaweon: page 1444, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2107, character 5
• Unihan data for U+819A

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Chinese

trad.		膚
simp.		肤

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
嘘
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fū (fu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹
• Min Bei (KCR): hú
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fū
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fu
    • IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹
    • Yale: fū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hú
    • IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
    • Tâi-lô: hu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu
    • IPA ^(key): /hu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɨo/▼

Rime
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	甫無切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/pio/
Shao Rongfen	/pio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆/
Li Rong	/pio/
Wang Li	/pĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fū

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pla/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fū
Middle Chinese	‹ pju ›
Old Chinese	/*pra/
English	skin
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	膚
Reading #	1/1
No.	5275
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	跗
Old Chinese	/*pla/

Definitions

膚

1. skin
2. superficial; shallow

Compounds

切膚／切肤 (qièfū) 切膚之痛／切肤之痛 剝膚／剥肤 剝膚椎髓／剥肤椎髓 剝膚錐髓／剥肤锥髓 噬膚／噬肤 完膚／完肤 (wánfū) 末學膚受／末学肤受 浹髓淪膚／浃髓沦肤 潤膚／润肤 炙膚皸足／炙肤皲足 皮膚／皮肤 (pífū) 皮膚炎／皮肤炎 (pífūyán)

皮膚甲錯／皮肤甲错 皮膚病／皮肤病 (pífūbìng) 皮膚癌／皮肤癌 (pífū'ái) 皮膚肌炎／皮肤肌炎 (pífūjīyán) 肌無完膚／肌无完肤 肌膚／肌肤 (jīfū) 肌膚之愛／肌肤之爱 肌膚之親／肌肤之亲 (jīfūzhīqīn) 膚公／肤公 膚功／肤功 膚受／肤受 膚如刻畫／肤如刻画 膚廓／肤廓

膚敏／肤敏 膚橈目逃／肤桡目逃 膚泛／肤泛 膚淺／肤浅 (fūqiǎn) 膚色／肤色 (fūsè) 膚見／肤见 膚革／肤革 身無完膚／身无完肤 身體髮膚／身体发肤 雞膚鶴髮／鸡肤鹤发 體無完膚／体无完肤 (tǐ wú wánfū) 鹽膚木／盐肤木

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Japanese

Kanji

膚

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu, Jōyō)
• Kun: はだ (hada, 膚)

Compounds

• 皮 (ひ)膚 (ふ) (hifu): skin
• 皮 (ひ)膚 (ふ)科 (か) (hifuka): dermatologist

Noun

膚 (hiragana はだ, rōmaji hada)

1. the skin
2. the surface
3. a type

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Korean

Hanja

膚 • (bu) (hangeul 부, revised bu, McCune–Reischauer pu, Yale pu)

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