皮 Skin

Radical Combination

• 丿

  Slide
• 支

  Branch

Meaning

Primary

Skin

Mnemonic

You slide down a branch and your skin scrapes right off — ouch! Lucky for you, it was just your old outer layer of skin, and now you've got a fresh shiny layer. Yay for exfoliation! You're not sure what to do with this big, floppy layer of old skin, though…

Hints

Imagine sliding down a slide made of a big branch. The branch's bark digs into your skin and pulls it right off of your body. Okay, it's painful, but it's a small price to pay for having such beautifully exfoliated skin.

Readings

On’yomi

ひ

Kun’yomi

かわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Without your rough old skin to protect you, you feel the full heat (ひ) of the sun now. It burns… it burns! Yeah, you better protect that fresh new skin from the heat.

Hints

Your skin usually protects you from the heat, but imagine how raw it would be after you shed the old layer all at once. It's kinda vulnerable right now, so take care of it.