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leather 革
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A horned 廿 animal seen from above with a backbone 丨 and broad hips 一 has a skin 囗 of leather around its torso. - This radical 皮 also stands for leather.
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革
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| leather, skin, renew, reform
kawa, KAKU
革
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Center: skin removed 囗, rest: pictogram for a horned 廿 animal 干 with backbone 丨 from above
Horned animals have a skin 囗 of leather.
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靴
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| shoe
kutsu, KA
革
化
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Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 囗 of leather), right: change 化 (From a standing person 亻into a sitting person 匕 is a change.)
Leather changes into shoes.
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遮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| intercept, obstruct, interrupt
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Left: movement 辶, right: common, various 庶 (In a building 广 cooking pot 廿 on the fire 灬 is just common) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather 革
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs 灬) such that their movement is: intercepted / interrupted.
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覇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| hegemony, domination, leadership, supremacy, champion
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Top: west 西 (Sunset of the sun 日 under the horizon 一 in the west), bottom: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 囗 of leather), month 月
In the west, they make (as much) leather within a month to get leadership as hegemon.
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