革 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

革 English definition

  • animal hide
  • leather
  • to reform
  • to remove
  • to expel (from office)

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : hiccup; belch;
  • : dry clay lump;
  • : fight;
  • : to hug;
  • : square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively;
  • : diaphragm (anatomy);
  • : allium victorialis;
  • : kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth;
  • : clam;
  • : horns; antlers;
  • : great array of spears and chariots;
  • : confused; disorderly;
  • : cadmium (chemistry);
  • : side door; variant of 閣|阁[ge2]; pavilion; cabinet; boudoir;
  • : pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf;
  • : to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of;
  • : skeleton;
  • : earthen pot; iron cauldron;

Words containing 革, by HSK level