Memory phrase for the Kanji: 革


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Meaning

leather, skin, renew, reform

Pronunciation

KAKU
kawa

Explanation

Center: skin , rest: pictograph of a horned animal

Mnemonic

The horned 廿 animal has a skin of leather.

Radicals

LeatherAlso stands for leather
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Vocabulary

 革  かわ  leather
 皮革  ひかく  leather
 吊り革  つりかわ  strap
 革命  かくめい  revolution
 革新  かくしん  reform/innovation
 変革  へんかく  change, reform, revolution, upheaval, (the) Reformation
 改革  かいかく  reform, reformation, innovation
 革袋  かわぶくろ  leather bag

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