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

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]

皱

皺

zhòu = zh + ou4

to wrinkle / wrinkled / to crease

皱 = 刍 + 皮 : James II of England (zh) found he has lots of wrinkles (皱). In the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) he takes the quite drastic measure to cut out his wrinkles using a lawn mower (刍) shaving over his skin (皮).

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.

陂

po̅ = p + o1

rugged / uneven

陂

be̅i = b + ei1

pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2]

簸

bǒ = b + o3

to winnow / to toss up and down

簸 = ⺮ + 其 + 皮 : Beelzebub (b) is winnowing (簸) the grain by putting it on a leather hide (皮) and beating the hide with a bamboo stick (⺮). He thinks the best place to do so is on top of the watchtower (其) in the observatory (o3).

簸

bò = b + o4

used in 簸箕[bo4 ji1]

疱

皰

pào = p + ao4

pimple / acne / blister / boil / ulcer

铍

鈹

pí = pi + Ø2

beryllium (chemistry)

跛