皮

pí = pi + Ø2

surname Pi

pí = pi + Ø2

leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : Just inside the entrance of the space station Pocahontas destroys her cow's hide with a sickle because she decided to go vegan. Instead of leather she'll wear a banana peel as coat, boxing gloves as shoes and a big dinosaur bone as long hat.

皮 = ㇖ + 丿 + 丨 + 又 : New mnemonic symbol, since I also use the cow's hide for 革: leather shoes.

皮 character breakdown

皮
- 丨
- 丿
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇
- ㇖

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丿

piě = pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

又

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

㇖

Character component without intrinsic meaning

A sickle.

Characters with 皮 as component

被

bèi = b + ei4

quilt / by / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover / to meet with / (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1])

被 = 皮 + 衤 : In Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Beelzebub is delighted by the evil humans are able to bring into the world when he watches a royal ermine coat and a tanned cow's hide.

破

pò = p + o4

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

破 = 皮 + 石 : Pinocchio is playing with his cow hide in the observatory's bathroom. Unfortunately he accidentally destroys the toilet by hurling a huge rock at the toilet, using the cow hide as sling.

波

bo̅ = b + o1

wave / ripple / storm / surge

波 = 氵 + 皮 : Before entering observatory every visitor has to take off their shoes, so there are a lot of leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1). Beelzebub (b) cannot miss the opportunity to make a huge wave (波) by pouring his water bottle (氵) and to flush away all the shoes.

波

bo̅ = b + o1

Poland / Polish / abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]

彼

bǐ = bi + Ø3

that / those / (one) another

彼 = 彳 + 皮 : Brunhilde (bi) is doing experiments with living cultures in Petri dishes (彼) in the space station (Ø3). In one of her early cultures leather (皮) is growing, and in her most recent project she managed to have black sneakers (彳) grow in a Petri dish.

玻

bo̅ = b + o1

glass

玻 = 王 + 皮 : In front of the observatory (o1), Beelzebub (b) sold a set of beer glasses (玻) to Martin Luther King (王) for a very good price. As Martin wants to leave Beelzebub tells him that by buying the glasses, he automatically agreed to buy the very expensive drip mats made from a cow's hide (皮).

披

pi̅ = pi + Ø1

to drape over one's shoulders / to open / to unroll / to split open / to spread out

披 = 扌 + 皮 : Pocahontas (pi) got a new cape (披), and she's wearing it for the first time in front of the space station (Ø1). The cape is made of a cow's hide (皮) and Pocahontas spreads it out (披) using two toy claws (扌).

坡

po̅ = p + o1

slope / CL:個|个[ge4] / sloping / slanted

坡 = 土 + 皮 : Pinocchio (p) is out for a walk in front of the observatory (o1). He thinks that the ground is slanted (坡), but in fact somebody but some clay (土) into his leather shoes (皮) and so it is him who is sloping (坡).

颇

頗

po̅ = p + o1

surname Po / Taiwan pr. [Po3]

颇 = 皮 + 页 : Pinocchio (p) lost one of his tall leather shoes (皮) in front of the observatory (o1), so he folded a sheet of paper (页) into a new one. The shoe gets wet soon and collapses, so Pinocchio is standing quite (颇) slanted (颇).

颇

頗

po̅ = p + o1

rather / quite / considerably / oblique / inclined / slanting / Taiwan pr. [po3]

疲

pí = pi + Ø2

weary

疲 = 疒 + 皮 : Pocahontas (pi) finally arrived at the space station. Just inside the entrance (Ø2) she feels very weary (疲) and curls into a cow's hide (皮). She feels very sick and develops a colorful rash (疒). She doesn't know that it's not because of the long journey, but because of her allergy against the hide.