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革
gé
1. animal hide
2. leather
3. to reform
4. to remove
5. to expel (from office)
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

革
gé
leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

改革
gǎigé
reform
HSK 5
文革
Wéngé
Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
沿革
yángé
evolution of sth over time
皮革
pígé
leather
HSK 6
裁革
cáigé
to dismiss
变革
biàngé
to transform
开革
kāigé
to fire
革出
géchū
to expel
革吉
Géjí
Ge'gyai county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Dge rgyas rdzong
革命
gémìng
revolution
HSK 6
革囊
génáng
leather purse
革履
gélǚ
leather (shoes)
革新
géxīn
to innovate
革职
gézhí
to sack
革退
gétuì
to dismiss from a post
革除
géchú
to eliminate
鼎革
dǐnggé
change of dynasties
反革命
fǎngémìng
counter-revolutionary
大革命
dàgémìng
great revolution
改革家
gǎigéjiā
reformer

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
520
Word Frequency Rank
5,545 of 84,292
Radical Number
177

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