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KanjiN2Grade 6 · 小69 strokesRadical 革#249 in newspapers

革 · leather, skin

革 is a kanji meaning leather, skin, reform, become serious. It has 9 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • カクkaku

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • かわkawa

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 革 · 6 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 革
WordReadingMeaningLevel
革かわleatherN3
改革かいかくreform, reformation, innovationN1
革新かくしんreform, innovationN1
革命かくめいrevolutionN1
吊り革つりかわstrapN1
変革へんかくchange, reform(the) ReformationN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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