Kanji Details:
- 革
- Frequency:249
- Kun: かわ
- On: カク
- Meaning: leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 革 かわ skin, hide, leather, fur, pelt, bark, shell 改革 かいかく reform, reformation, innovation 革命 かくめい revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou) 革新 かくしん reform, innovation 変革 へんかく change, reform, revolution, upheaval; Reformation 行革 ぎょうかく administrative reform 保革 ほかく conservatism and progressivism, conservatives and reformists 皮革 ひかく leather, hide 農地改革 のうちかいかく agrarian reform 革靴 かわぐつ leather shoes