Japanese symbol for “tannery”

革工場

かわこうば

Romaji: kawakouba

tannery

In Japanese, tannery is 革工場, read かわこうば (kawakouba).

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Meanings

n tannery

Kanji and stroke order

革

leather, skin, reform

on: カク
kun: かわ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

on: コウ、ク、グ

3 strokes · JLPT 3

場

location, place

on: ジョウ、チョウ
kun: ば

12 strokes · JLPT 3

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
工場	こうじょう koujou	factory; plant; mill
工事	こうじ kouji	construction work
場所	ばしょ basho	place; location; spot

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.