The kanji 膚 primarily represents the concept of "skin" or "surface of the body." It refers to the outer covering of the human body and, by extension, can also relate to the texture and condition of the skin.

・On-yomi (音読み): フ（fu） ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): はだ（hada）

⚫︎ 肌膚が弱い（hada ga yowai） Translation: Has sensitive skin. ⚫︎ 肌膚の色（hada no iro） Translation: Skin color. ⚫︎ 美膚（bihu） Translation: Beautiful skin.

The kanji 膚 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a character that combines a semantic (meaning) component and a phonetic (sound) component. The semantic component is 月 (tsuki/niku), which is the radical related to "flesh" or "body." The phonetic component is 甫 (ho), which contributes the sound to the character. Thus, 膚 conveys the meaning of something related to the body's surface, specifically the skin. The character's formation reflects the ancient understanding of the skin as a part of the physical body.