革

gé
#521 most
frequent character
animal hide, leather, to reform

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

革 shows an animal hide spread out, first meaning 'hide of an animal'. The meaning then grew to 'leather', 'armor', 'to remove a hide', 'to change', and 'revolution'.

Drawn as: animal hide spread out

革 as a component in other characters

meaning17 characters
勒鞋鞘鞠靴鞍靶鞅靳鞑靼鞯鞒鞔鞲鞮
sound3 characters
勒缂鞫
picture2 characters
鞭鞣

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Homophones

隔gé
partition, separate, divide
格gé
grid
葛gé
kudzu (Pueraria lobata), hemp cloth
阁gé
pavilion (usu. two-storied)

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