Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ku' ending

    to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; to take the veneer off something

    文明人も一皮むけば野蛮人。
    Scratch a Russian and find a Tartar.

Also written 一皮むく【ひとかわむく】

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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

one, one radical (no.1)

Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
On
イチイツ
Strokes
1
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
2 of 2500
Radical
one
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-1-4SKIP code
0a1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1000.0Four corner code
3072deroo
4e00Unicode hex code
1-16-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1New Nelson (John Haig)
3341New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4148Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1Morohashi
1A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1sakade
1Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1henshall3
1Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1crowley
1Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1Pinyin reading
ilKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

Kun
かわ
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1092 of 2500
Radical
skin
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-4SKIP code
2h3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4024.7Four corner code
1667deroo
76aeUnicode hex code
1-40-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3109Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3878New Nelson (John Haig)
3037New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3771Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1923Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2615Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
802Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
865Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
939A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
863Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22823Morohashi
374A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
975Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1008Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
307sakade
755Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
396henshall3
258Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1144Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1367Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
810Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pi2Pinyin reading
piKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

come off, peel, fade, discolor

Kun
へ.ぐへず.るむ.くむ.けるは.がれるは.ぐは.げるは.がす
On
ハクホク
Strokes
10
Frequency
2383 of 2500
Radical
knife

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
2f8.4The Kanji Dictionary
2210.0Four corner code
5265Unicode hex code
1-39-77JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
695Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
496New Nelson (John Haig)
2106Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1227Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1427Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1719Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
bo1, bao1Pinyin reading
bagKorean reading