革 — kanji meaning “leather”
革
leather, skin, reform, become serious
- Meanings
- leather, skin, reform, become serious
- On'yomi
- カク (kaku)
- Kun'yomi
- かわ
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #249 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 177
- Chinese reading
- gé, jí, jǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 革
| 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 |
| 行革 | ぎょうかく gyoukaku | administrative reform |
| 沿革 | えんかく enkaku | history; development |
| 保革 | ほかく hokaku | conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists |
| 革製品 | かわせいひん kawaseihin | leather goods (products) |
| 牛革 | ぎゅうかわ gyuukawa | cowhide; oxhide |
| 文革 | ぶんかく bunkaku | (China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.