革

gé · jí

animal hide · leather

Radical: 革 Strokes: 9

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

Same radical

鞋鞭鞠靴鞫鞍靶鞘鞅鞴靳鞯

Same radical

鞋鞭鞠靴鞫鞍靶鞘鞅鞴靳鞯鞑鞲靼

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

An animal being skinned

Meanings

animal hide

leather

to reform

to remove

to expel (from office)

gé

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Words with 革 219 total

to dismiss · to lay off裁革cái gé to fire · to discharge开革kāi gé change of dynasties · clear out the old, bring in the new鼎革dǐng gé

Idioms with 革 38 total

to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate革故鼎新gé gù dǐng xīn