革 gé
radical 157
: animal hide (as in cowhide)
: to reform; to remove; expel (from office)
Kun Reading
かわ kawa
noun
: leather
つくりかわ tsukurikawa
noun
: leather; tanned animal hide
あらたまる aratamaru
godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to be renewed
: to stand on ceremony; to be formal
: to take a turn for the worse
あらためる aratameru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to change; to alter; to revise; to replace;
: to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve;
: to do properly; to do formally
On Reading
かくkaku
革命 ge2ming4: revolution [かくめい kakumei]
革新 ge2xin1: to innovate [かくしん kakushin: reform; innovation]
革出 ge2chu1: to expel; evict
革囊 ge2nang2: leather purse
改革 gai3ge2: to reform [かいかく kaikaku: reform; reformation; innovation]
皮革 pi2ge2: leather [ひかく hikaku]
沿革 yan2’ge2: evolution of something over time; history [えんかく enkaku]
文革 wen2’ge2: (China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) [ぶんかく bunkaku]
Japanese expression
改革を叫ぶ | かいかくをさけぶ kaikaku o sakebu: to cry loudly for a reform
Chinese idiom
革面洗心 ge2 mian4 xi3 xin1 OR 洗心革面 xi3 xin1 ge2 mian4
: to renew one’s face and wash one’s heart: to repent sincerely and mend one’s mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf
The character is a pic of a hide split and spread out to dry
“Hide” radical #157
Examples:
她是个改革者。
ta1 shi4 ge4 gai3ge2 zhe3
She’s a reformer.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
