The kanji 革: meaning, readings and stroke order

革

Meaning: leather, reform
On reading: カク kaku
Kun reading: かわ kawa
Strokes: 9
Radical: 革 leather, rawhide
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: da thuộc, đổi mới (cách)
Japanese: かわ。あらためる。
Korean: 가죽, 바꾸다 (혁)
Chinese: 皮革、改革

Readings, words and example sentences

カク kaku · on reading

改かい革かく
reform, big change
学校のしくみを 改かい革かくします。
They are changing how the school is run.

かわ kawa · kun reading

革かわ
leather
革かわのさいふを使っています。
I use a leather wallet.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.