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Kanji Detail for 革 - "leather, reform, change"
革
- Meaning
革 means "leather, reform, change."
Leather - Processed animal hide.
Reform - To change; to renew.
Revolution - A major change; an upheaval.
- 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.
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