革
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animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
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Dict coverage rank #996 U+9769
How 革 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
An animal being skinned
components: 廿
? unknown part
How to remember it
leather · Heisig RSH #1407
廿 twenty + 口 mouth + needle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 革 as their sound component
These characters all use 革 (gé) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 革 sound component | gé | leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove |
| 勒 | lè | to strangle; to tighten |
| 缂 | kè | the woof of a woven item |
| 鞫 | jū | to question, to interrogate |
Words containing 革
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新民主主义革命 | Xīn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì Gé mìng | (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) |
| 法国大革命 | Fǎ guó Dà gé mìng | French Revolution (1789-1799) |
| 文化大革命 | Wén huà Dà gé mìng | Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) |
| 革出山门 | gé chū shān mén | to excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery) |
| 四一二反革命政变 | sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn | counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communist… |
| 中国国民党革命委员会 | Zhōng guó Guó mín dǎng Gé mìng Wěi yuán huì | Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang |
| 大马士革 | Dà mǎ shì gé | Damascus, capital of Syria |
| 旧民主主义革命 | jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng | old democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the… |
| 国民革命军 | Guó mín Gé mìng jūn | National Revolutionary Army |
| 革出教门 | gé chū jiào mén | to excommunicate (from a church) |
| 革兰阳性 | gé lán yáng xìng | Gram-positive (bacteria) |
| 法国革命 | Fǎ guó Gé mìng | French Revolution (1789) |
| 大马士革李 | Dà mǎ shì gé lǐ | damson (fruit) |
| 国家发展和改革委员会 | Guó jiā Fā zhǎn hé Gǎi gé Wěi yuán huì | PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 |
| 变革管理 | biàn gé guǎn lǐ | change management (business) |
| 出血性登革热 | chū xuè xìng dēng gé rè | dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) |
| 民主革命 | mín zhǔ gé mìng | democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the pro… |
| 工业革命 | Gōng yè Gé mìng | Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 |
| 身体是革命的本钱 | shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qián | lit. the body is the revolution's capital; fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Ma… |
| 合成革 | hé chéng gé | synthetic leather |