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革 = 廿 + 口 + 十

革 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “leather”. It is built from 廿 (twenty), 口 (mouth) and 十 (ten). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2041. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

leather

RTK frame

2041

Strokes

9

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

カク

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

かわ

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

кожа

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

革 leather

Decomposition

Characters that contain 革

• 靴 shoes
• 覇 hegemony
• 鞍 saddle
• 鞭 whip
• 鞘 saddle straps
• 鞄 briefcase
• 靭 pliable
• 鞠 terminate

How to find 革 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “twenty” + “mouth” + “ten”. 革 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 革 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.