革

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

stretch an animal hide. the upper is head, the under is the tail and legs

[edit] Han character

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

1. leather, animal hides
2. rad. 177

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1385, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42710
• Dae Jaweon: page 1899, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4325, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9769

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

革 (jyutping gaak3, gik1, Yale gaak3, gaap3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

革 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: かく (kaku), きょく (kyoku)
• Kun: かわ (kawa), あらたまる (aratamaru), あらためる (aratameru)

[edit] Compounds

革易 革新

革正 革弊

革命 革面

改革

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

革 (pinyin gé (ge2), jí (ji2), jǐ (ji3), Wade-Giles ko², chi², chi³)

[edit] Compounds

• 革出
• 革除
• 革故鼎新
• 革胡
• 革履
• 革面洗心
• 革命
• 革命家
• 革命浪漫主义
• 革命委员会
• 革命现实主义
• 革囊
• 革新
• 革职
• 改革