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leather
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカク
Kun readingかわ

Meanings

  1. leatherRtK
  2. skin
  3. reform
    内部からしようとHe tried to reform the party from within.tatoeba
    大学教育主張いるHe advocates reform of university education.tatoeba
  4. become serious

Synonyms

レザー皮革

Popular Usage

改革革新革命

Radicals and components

Radicalleather
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

flowers () · car () · mouth () · ten () · needle ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2041

Compound words

よいは何年ももつものだ。かわ
Good leather will wear for years.tatoeba
この間はカンガルーのの財布を土産に買ってきてくれた。かわ
The other day he bought a wallet made of kangaroo leather for me.tatoeba
このバッグはでできています。かわ
This bag is made of leather.tatoeba
あのサッカーボールは本物のでできている。かわ
That football is made of genuine leather.tatoeba
彼は教育制度の改を提案した。
He proposed a reform in the educational system.tatoeba
彼は製品の売買をしている。
He buys and sells leather goods.tatoeba
新的な学術分野
The Cutting Edge of new scientific fieldswiki
論調は左派・新的。
The tone of its articles is left-wing and reformist.wiki
運慶 仏像彫刻の
Unkei: Butsuzo Chokoku no Kakumei (Unkei: Revolution of Sculpture of Buddhist Statues)wiki
ロシア命により致命
Martyrdom in the Russian Revolutionwiki

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