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肌: flesh; muscle

 

肌 jī


: flesh; muscle

Kun Reading

肌 | はだ hada OR はだえ hadae

noun | noun suffix
: skin
: body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)
: surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
: disposition; temperament; character; type

On Reading

キ ki

 Usage:

肌肉 ji1rou4: muscle; flesh
[筋肉 | きんにくkinniku: muscle; sinew]
肌膚[肤] ji1fu1: skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship [肌膚 | きふ kifu: skin]
肌理 ji1li3: texture (of skin, surface etc) [きめ kime: grain; (skin) texture]
肌胃 ji1wei4: gizzard
肌腱 ji1jian4: tendon (anatomy); sinew; hamstrings
心肌 xin1ji1: myocardium
斜肌 xie2ji1: diagonal muscle
環[环]肌 huan2ji1: circular muscle
縱[纵]肌 zong4ji1: longitudinal muscle
胸肌 xiong1ji1: pectoral muscles
[胸筋 | きょうきん kyoukin: pectoral (muscle)]



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
肌あれ | はだあれ hada are
: dry skin; bad skin; rough skin

肌脱ぐ | はだぬぐ hada nugu
: to remove one’s shirt thus revealing the skin; to remove the upper part of one’s garments
: to work with great effort

肌寒い | はださむい hada samui
: chilly; unpleasantly cold

天才肌 | てんさいはだ tensaihada
: (person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy

玉の肌 | たまのはだ tama no hada
: skin as beautiful as a gem (jade); beautiful skin

肌が合う | はだがあう hada ga au
: to be compatible; to get along well

肌が合わない | はだがあわない hada ga awanai
: cannot go together (with)

肌で知る | はだでしる hada de shiru
: to know something by direct experience; to know through the skin

政治家肌 | せいじかはだ seiji kahada
: (yoji) being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one

芸術家肌 | げいじゅつかはだ geijutsu kahada
: (yoji) being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
淪肌浹髓 [沦肌浃髓] lun2 ji1 jia1 sui3
: lit. penetrate to the marrow; deeply affected; moved to the core

面黃肌瘦 [面黄肌瘦] mian4 huang2 ji1 shou4
: yellow face, emaciated body; malnourished and sickly in appearance

 Etymology:


象形 Pictographic.
⺼ (CJK meat radical) suggests the meaning while
(ji1: table) provides the sound.



 Examples:

彼女の肌は滑らかです。
かのじょのはだはなめらかです kanojo no hada wa nameraka desu
Her skin is smooth.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary