Keyword
leather
- skin
- reform
- become serious
- Frequency
- #249
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 6
- JLPT (old)
- N2
- Heisig
- 2041
Readings
カク82%
かわ18%
Mnemonic
Twenty hides hang by a mouth of the tannery, and a worker stretches ten of them tight until they turn to leather.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
覇supremacy靴shoes鞍saddle䩗䩻勒halter and bit靪to cobble靫quiver靭pliable靮bridle靱quiver靳ornamental trappings under collar靶target靷the leather belts that connect h靸child's shoes靹archer's arm protector靺leather tabi靼smooth leather靿the leg of a boot鞀drum鞁saddle cover鞄briefcase鞅martingale鞆archer's left-wrist protector緙the woof of a woven item鞉drum鞋straw sandals鞏hard鞐fastener鞗reins鞘scabbard鞙fine鞚bridle鞜shoes鞞sheath鞟skin鞠terminate鞣tanned leather鞦swing鞨leather boots
Used in vocabulary
革まる
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected; to stand on ceremony; to be formal; to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn
Godan verb
易姓革命
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
Noun