皮革

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	leather; remove
simp. and trad. (皮革)		皮	革

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pígé

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ gaak³, pei⁴ gaap³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phêr-kiak / phê-kek / phôe-kek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): puê⁵ gêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pígé
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pígé
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-ko²
    • Yale: pí-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyiger
    • Palladius: пигэ (pigɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ gaak³, pei⁴ gaap³
    • Yale: pèih gaak, pèih gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ gaak⁸, pei⁴ gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ gag³, péi⁴ gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ kaːk̚³/, /pʰei̯²¹ kaːp̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 皮夾／皮夹 皮革

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phêr-kiak
    • Tâi-lô: phêr-kiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə²⁴⁻²² kiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phê-kek
    • Tâi-lô: phê-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phe'keg
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰe²⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phôe-kek
    • Tâi-lô: phuê-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoe'keg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰue¹³⁻²² kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰue²³⁻³³ kiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: puê⁵ gêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phuê kek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰue⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kek̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: bje keak

Rime
Character	皮	革
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	耕 (119)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	符羈切	古核切
Baxter	bje	keak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiᴇ/	/kˠɛk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚiɛ/	/kᵚæk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biɛ/	/kɐk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjiə̆/	/kəɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/bje/	/kɛk̚/
Wang Li	/bǐe/	/kæk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱie̯/	/kæk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pí	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pei4	gak1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[p](r)aj  kˤrək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*bral  krɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	皮	革	革
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	pí	gé	gé
Middle Chinese	‹ bje ›	‹ kɛk ›	‹ kɛk ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[p](r)aj/	/*kˁrək/	/*kˁrək/
English	skin	hide, skin	change (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	皮	革
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9711	3835
Phonetic component	皮	革
Rime group	歌	職
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	皮	隔
Old Chinese	/*bral/	/*krɯːɡ/

Noun

皮革

1. leather; hide

Related terms

• 毛皮 (máopí)
• 獸皮／兽皮 (shòupí)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (皮革):

• → Japanese: 皮(ひ)革(かく) (hikaku)
• → Korean: 피혁(皮革) (pihyeok)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皮	革
ひ Grade: 3	かく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひかく [hìkákú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひか​く [hìkáꜜkù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

皮(ひ)革(かく) • (hikaku) 

1. leather, hide (skin of an animal)