革
Meanings
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- 1.animal hide
- 2.leather
- 3.to reform
- 4.to remove
- 5.to expel (from office)
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Wiktionary
- 1.leather; animal hide
- 2.leather armour and weaponry
- 3.ornament on the front of the cart
- 4.to change; to alter; to reform
- 5.to remove; to expel
- 6.49th hexagram of the I Ching
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – a stretched animal hide: the upper is head, the bottom is the tail and legs. The hands 臼 around the hide were briefly added later. Appears to be related to 殼 (OC *kʰroːɡ, “shell, husk”); see there for more (STEDT).
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Components
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Derived terms
七月革命二月革命二次革命兵革兵革之禍兵革之祸剗革刬革十月革命參革参革反革命和平改革因革國民革命国民革命土地改革大化革新大馬士革大马士革宗教改革工業革命工业革命悛革改面革心改革政治革新文學革命文学革命文革
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Related words
革命 to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)改革 reform变革 to transform皮革 leather革新 to innovate开革 to fire鼎革 change of dynasties文革 Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wén huà Dà gé mìng])革出 to expel革除 to eliminate沿革 evolution of sth over time革囊 leather purse