gé

革

leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove

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Words with 革

改革 gǎi gé reform; to reform HSK 5
革新 gé xīn to innovate; innovation HSK 6
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution HSK 7–9
改革开放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 HSK 7–9
变革 biàn gé to transform; to change HSK 7–9
皮革 pí gé leather

Character facts

Radical
革
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+9769

Pictographic: An animal being skinned

Same radical 革
xié 鞋
Same sound
gè 个 gē 哥 gē 歌 gè 各 gé 隔 gē 割 gē 搁 gé 格