# 皮 skin

支 (support)
★★★★☆
5 strokes
DUPE PK STRONG

## Onyomi

HI |

## Mnemonic

| Your mnemonic is right here: Pimp's gotta use a cane because HE has got a skin condition. Some kind of alligator-hide allergy, I heard. Bad news.

## Kunyomi

かわ | skin, (human or animal - also skin of an apple, or even the crust of bread!) (BOOBOO: don't use this for fur-covered skin, which is 毛皮） ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

毛皮(けがわ) | animal fur ★★★★☆ KUNKUN 毛 (fur) + 皮 (skin) = 毛皮 (animal fur) animal fur - on a living animal OR on a fur coat
皮肉(ひにく) | sarcasm/irony ★★★☆☆ SARC 皮 (skin) + 肉 (meat) = 皮肉 (sarcasm/irony) sarcasm OR irony. Japanese DO have a sense of sarcasm,(for example, calling the traditional chicken-and-scrambled-eggs dish "parents and child") but it is so different than the Western say-the-opposite-of-what-you-mean style that Japanese don't have a word for western sarc. So they seem to have taken their word for Irony and pressed it into service for sarcasm as well.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
支 | support | TEN | 十
皮 | skin | PIMP CANE |

Pimp supports TEN hoes, but walks with a CANE to save his skin.

## Used In

- 破
- 彼
- 疲
- 被
- 波

## Synonyms

skin 皮 肌 皮膚 革