美肌

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
美	肌
び Grade: 3	はだ Grade: S
kan’on	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
美膚 (uncommon)

Compound of 美 (bi, “beautiful”, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ 肌 (hada, “skin”, kun'yomi or native Japanese reading).[1][2]

First cited to a text from 1939.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びはだ [bìhádá] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [bʲiha̠da̠]

Noun

美(び)肌(はだ) • (bihada)

[from 1939] beautiful skin

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
美	肌
び Grade: 3	き Grade: S
kan’on	on’yomi

Compound of 美 (bi, “beautiful”, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading) +‎ 肌 (ki, “skin”, on'yomi or Chinese-derived reading).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びき [bìkí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [bʲikʲi]

Noun

美(び)肌(き) • (biki)

(uncommon) beautiful skin

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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