革

Translingual

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Han character

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Radical 177 革

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

1. Kangxi radical #177, ⾰.

Derived characters

• 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

References

• 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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.

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

革

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

Compounds

References

• “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–

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

• 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)

Compounds

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわ​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

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

References

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

革: Hán Nôm readings: cách

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