樹皮

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 樹皮 is read as じゅひ and is a noun for bark, the outer covering of a tree trunk and its branches.
• Basic usage: A deer gnawing young-tree bark appears in 若い木の樹皮をかじる, while transferring its pattern to paper appears in 樹皮の模様を紙に写す.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Material and surface pattern
  • It denotes both the outer tree layer eaten by an animal and the patterned surface observed in a rubbing.
• Difference from 皮
  • Unlike the broad word for skin, hide, or fruit peel, this term specifically denotes a tree’s outer layer.