189) 皮 / 

pi / baopi

skin / skinning

Symbolizes skinning of an animal using hand (又) tools, meaning unprocessed raw skin of animal.

189yx) 衤

yi

189y-130a*) 被

bei

quilt; blanket

clothes 衤=衣 [yī] + skin 皮¹⁸⁹[pí]

If you wear clothes (衤) made with animals skins (皮), you are swathed in a blanket. This character is also used as the preposition ‘by’ because the dead animal was stripped of its skin by the human beings.

189ax) 石

shi

189a) 破

po

break

stone 石¹⁹⁷[shí] + skin 皮 [pí]

Symbolizes a stone (石) being broken apart and taken away like a skinning (皮) process with hand tools.

189zx) 圭

gui

189z-153b*) 鞋

xie

shoe

leather 革^189b[gé] + hand-tablet 圭 [guī]

servants who are given the insignia tablet (圭) (a prestigious position in the office) from the king could wear shoes made of leather (革).