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Kanji Detail for 革 - "leather, reform, revolution"

革

  • Meaning

    革 means "leather, reform, revolution."

    1. Leather - Processed animal hide.

    2. Reform - To change; to renew.

    3. Revolution - A major change; an upheaval.

  • Words using 革

    • 改革 かいかく Listen reform; reformation; reorganization
    • 革命 かくめい Listen revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
    • 変革 へんかく Listen change; transformation; reform
    • 革新 かくしん Listen reform; innovation
    • 行革 ぎょうかく Listen administrative reform
    • 保革 ほかく Listen conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists
    • 皮革 ひかく Listen leather; hide
    • 農地改革 のうちかいかく Listen agrarian reform

  • Four-character idioms with 革

    • 保革伯仲 ほかくはくちゅう Listen conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and progressive strengths
    • 易姓革命 えきせいかくめい Listen revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)

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    • Verified meaning: leather, reform, revolution
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あらた, かく)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 革

    Given names 革(あらた)Listen 革(かく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    leather; skin; reform; become serious

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Animal hide with the hair removed. Since ancient times, it has been a material for manufactured goods. Armor, shields, and equipment for carriages and horses were mostly made from this. | To change. As in changing the political system is called 革命 (revolution). | To remove. As in 革職 (dismiss from office). | One of the eight types of musical instruments. | Urgent. When an illness is critically urgent, it is called 病革 (gravely ill). Found in the Book of Rites.

  • Onyomi

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    kaku(カク) カク

  • Kunyomi

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    kawa(かわ) かわ

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    革 (kawahen・kakunokawa・tsukurigawa)

  • Related Keywords

    leather reform revolution imminent skin change hide innovation modification renewal renovation tanning transformation conversion

Sentences including 革

  • A revolution broke out in that country.

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