Chinese Character Wiki
革

gé

leather

Pictograph of animal hide laying flat.

Evolution

革 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
革 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
革 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
革 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
革 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

革  

gé

leather, animal hides; rad. 177; animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)

Most common words with 革
Freq.
Word
Meaning

改革

reform

革命

revolution

变革

to transform

皮革

leather

革

leather

Component uses

Meaning component in 26 characters (6 verified)

韆 勒 鞋 鞵 鞭 鞏 鞦 鞘 鞠 靴 鞍 靶 羁 羈 鞅 韁 靳 韃 鞑 靼 鞯 鞣 鞲 鞮 鞔 鞒

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

缂 鞫

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

霸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤrək

keak

gé

hide, skin

*kˤrək

keak

gé

change (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 9.5467% of movies

1914th most common character in movies

521st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+9769

Shuowen

“革，獸皮治去其毛，革更之，象古文之形。，古文革，从三十，三十年為一世，而道更也。臼聲。”


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