革命

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• 革命 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 革命 (Cantonese)
• 革命 (Classical)
• kek-bēng (Southern Min)
• 革命 (Wu)

to have a dynasty change

Attested earliest in the Classic of Changes, Book of Documents, and the Lost Book of Zhou.

"to revolt" → "to revolutionize", "revolution", "revolutionary (adj.)"

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Wasei kango?”)

革命

1. to revolt; to start a revolution
2. (figurative) to revolutionize; to transform completely
3. (literary) to change the Mandate of Heaven in accordance with the latter's will (i.e. to have a dynastic change)

   • 湯武革命，順乎天而應乎人，革之時大矣哉！ [MSC, trad.]
     汤武革命，顺乎天而应乎人，革之时大矣哉！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: I Ching ; translated by Adler (2020)^[1]

     Tāng Wǔ gémìng, shùn hū tiān ér yìng hū rén, gé zhī shí dà yǐ zāi!

     Tang and Wu changed the Mandate, complying with Heaven and responding to their people. The time of change is great indeed!

革命

1. revolution (political upheaval or sudden change in a situation or discipline)

   以革命的名義／以革命的名义  ―  yǐ gémìng de míngyì  ―  in the name of revolution

   • 革命尚未成功，同志仍需努力。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: 1923, 孫中山 (Sun Yat-sen)

     Gémìng shàngwèi chénggōng, tóngzhì réng xū nǔlì.

     The revolution is not over yet. Comrades still have to work hard.

   • 革命是暴動，是一個階級推翻一個階級的暴烈的行動。 [MSC, trad.]
     革命是暴动，是一个阶级推翻一个阶级的暴烈的行动。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Gémìng shì bàodòng, shì yīge jiējí tuīfān yīge jiējí de bàoliè de xíngdòng.

     A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

革命

1. (attributive) revolutionary

   革命軍／革命军  ―  gémìng jūn  ―  revolutionary army

   昂揚的革命精神／昂扬的革命精神  ―  ángyáng de gémìng jīngshén  ―  elated revolutionary spirit

 革命 on Japanese Wikipedia

From Middle Chinese 革命 (MC keak mjaengH, “to switch to a new dynasty/regime”). This word has been used for a long time in Japan, starting from the introduction of I Ching (易經). Fukuzawa Yukichi (福󠄁澤 諭󠄀吉), in Western Affairs (『西洋事情』, 1866-70), used this word as a translation of the English word "revolution", and it was later popularised by Nakae Chōmin (中江 兆民) and others.

• (Tokyo) かくめー (Heiban – )^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key):

革(かく)命(めい) • (kakumei) 

1. a revolution; a coup d'état

   Synonym: レボリューション (reboryūshon)

   • 2002 July 18, “逃(に)げまどう民(たみ) [People Running About]”, in ユニオンの降臨 [Advent of the Union], Konami:

     いつも苦(くる)しみに耐(た)えているが、いつか必(かなら)ず革(かく)命(めい)を起(お)こすと心(こころ)に誓(ちか)っている。

     Itsumo kurushimi ni taeteiru ga, itsuka kanarazu kakumei o okosu to kokoro ni chikatteiru.

     Although they always suffer in silence, they swear an oath to inevitably revolt.

   • 2002 July 18, “団(だん)結(けつ)するレジスタンス [United Resistance]”, in ユニオンの降臨 [Advent of the Union], Konami:

     強(きょう)大(だい)な力(ちから)に立(た)ち向(む)かう誓(ちか)いを交(か)わすために集(しゅう)結(けつ)した人(ひと)々(びと)。革(かく)命(めい)の日(ひ)は近(ちか)い。

     Kyōdai na chikara ni tachimukau chikai o kawasu tame ni shūketsu shita hitobito. Kakumei no hi wa chikai.

     People are gathering to swear an oath to revolt against their oppressors. The revolution is drawing nigh.

2. one of the sankaku in traditional cosmology; a year often accompanied by change

• 三(さん)革(かく) (sankaku)

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

革命 • (hyeongmyeong) (hangeul 혁명)

1. hanja form^? of 혁명 (“revolution”)

革命

1. chữ Hán form of cách mệnh (“revolution”).