Japanese symbol for “revolutionaries”

革命派

かくめいは

Romaji: kakumeiha

revolutionaries

In Japanese, revolutionaries is 革命派, read かくめいは (kakumeiha).

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Meanings

n revolutionaries

Kanji and stroke order

革

leather, skin, reform

on: カク
kun: かわ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

命

fate, command, decree

on: メイ、ミョウ
kun: いのち

8 strokes · JLPT 2

派

faction, group, party

on: ハ

9 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
革命	かくめい kakumei	revolution
改革	かいかく kaikaku	reform; reformation; reorganization
革新	かくしん kakushin	reform; innovation
変革	へんかく henkaku	change; transformation; reform
革靴	かわぐつ kawagutsu	leather shoes; leather boots
皮革	ひかく hikaku	leather; hide
生命	せいめい seimei	life; existence
命令	めいれい meirei	order; command; decree
派遣	はけん haken	dispatch; despatch; deployment

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.