皮
pí · HSK 3
skin
🍌 皮 = skin/peel; the banana peel sense covers leather and outer wrappers too
Originally a pictograph of a hand stripping hide from an animal, 皮 came to mean any outer covering: skin on a body, peel on fruit, leather as a material, or the wrapper around dumplings (饺子皮).
皮 — hand 又 stripping hide off animal
皮 is a pictograph showing a hand (又) peeling the skin or hide off an animal carcass. The original meaning was 'animal hide' or 'to flay,' which broadened over time to mean skin, leather, or any outer covering or surface.