革

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Radical 177 革

革 (Kangxi radical 177, 革+0, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿中十 (TLJ), four-corner 4450₆, composition ⿱廿⿻中一)

1. Kangxi radical #177, ⾰.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/革
• 㗆, 𡟍, 𢃲, 愅, 𢯹, 㴖, 𤠇, 𨔷, 㮖, 煂, 𭹤, 䐙, 緙(缂), 𧤒, 諽, 𨍝, 𨐥, 韚, 𫠅, 𮪏, 𩩸
• 勒, 𪟋, 𤭫, 𦑜, 𩔈(𬱭), 䳬, 䨣, 𪔨, 𩍻, 㵮, 䩻, 𦣄

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1385, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4325, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9769

Historical forms of the character 革
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a stretched animal hide: the upper is head, the bottom is the tail and legs. The hands 臼 around the hide were briefly added later.

Compare 皮 (pí), which also features a hide.

Appears to be related to 殼 (OC *kʰroːɡ, “shell, husk”); see there for more (STEDT).

革

1. leather; animal hide
2. (historical) leather armour and weaponry
3. (historical) ornament on the front of the cart
4. ^† Alternative form of 勒 (“headstall”)
5. to change; to alter; to reform
6. to remove; to expel

   革職／革职  ―  gézhí  ―  to dismiss; to remove from office

   革扯 [Cantonese]  ―  gaak³ ce²   ―  to fire; to dismiss; to remove from office

   伊偷提廠內的物件，予廠的共伊革出去。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊偷提厂内的物件，予厂的共伊革出去。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I thau-the̍h chhiúⁿ lāi ê mi̍h-kiāⁿ, hō͘ chhiúⁿ ê kā i kek chhut-khì. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He stole things inside the factory, making the factory fire him.

   • 乃命爾先祖成湯革夏，俊民甸四方。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乃命尔先祖成汤革夏，俊民甸四方。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Nǎi mìng ěr xiānzǔ chéng Tāng gé Xià, jùn mín diàn sìfāng.

     then directed your first ancestor, Tang the Accomplished, to overturn Xia, outstanding men to govern the four quarters of the empire.

   • 惟爾知，惟殷先人有冊有典，殷革夏命。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     惟尔知，惟殷先人有册有典，殷革夏命。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 7^th – 4^th centuries BCE

     Wéi ěr zhī, wéi Yīn xiānrén yǒu cè yǒu diǎn, Yīn gé Xià mìng.

     You are aware that Yin’s former rulers possessed records and statutes, and that the Yin dynasty overturned Xia’s mandate .

7. 49th hexagram of the I Ching
8. a surname

革

1. ^† Alternative form of 亟 (“terminally ill; critical”)

• “革”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. leather; animal hide; pelt
2. become serious
3. change; alter

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: かわ (kawa, 革, Jōyō)、あらたまる (aratamaru, 革まる)、あらためる (aratameru, 革める)、かえる (kaeru, 革える)、かわる (kawaru, 革わる)

Specialization of 皮(かわ) (kawa, “skin”).

• (Tokyo) かわ (Odaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

革(かわ) • (kawa) ^{←かは (kafa)?}

1. leather

   革(かわ)の表(ひょう)紙(し)

   kawa no hyōshi

   leather book cover

革 • (hyeok, geuk) (hangeul 혁, 극, revised hyeok, geuk, McCune–Reischauer hyŏk, kŭk, Yale hyek, kuk)

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革: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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