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革

gé

gé · gaak3 (Jyutping)

  1. animal hide
  2. leather
  3. to reform
  4. to remove
  5. to expel (from office)

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Character breakdown

革

Meaning
leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
Radical
革
Strokes
9
Components
⿱廿?
Cangjie
TLJ
Four-corner
4450.6

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