革 (gaak3 gik1 | ge2 ji2) : leather; hide; change; alter; get rid of

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革

gaak3 gik1

ge2 ji2

[粵] gaak3 | [國] ge2
[1] [n] leather; hide; skin
[2] [v] change; alter; transform
[3] [v] get rid of; dismiss; abolish

[粵] gik1 | [國] ji2
[adj] [literary] grave; severe (illness)

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: (#177)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

革

This word has been viewed 7563 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2013 15:24

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政治改革 zing3 zi6 goi2 gaak1 zheng4 zhi4 gai3 ge2 = political reform

革命 gaak3 ming6 ge2 ming4 = revolution

皮革 pei4 gaak3 pi2 ge2 = leather

變革 bin3 gaak3 bian4 ge2 = to transform; to change

反革命 faan2 gaak3 ming6 fan3 ge2 ming4 = counter-revolution; counterrevolution; counterrevolutionary

改革 goi2 gaak3 gai3 ge2 = to reform

文革 man4 gaak3 wen2 ge2 = Cultural Revolution

改革者 goi2 gaak3 ze2 gai3 ge2 zhe3 = reformer

改革進程 goi2 gaak3 zeon3 cing4 gai3 ge2 jin4 cheng2 = reform process

金融改革 gam1 jung4 goi2 gaak3 jin1 rong2 gai3 ge2 = financial reform
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Decimal representation of this word: 革
Unicode code for this character: U+9769 (off-site link)

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