革 - RENEW Your LEATHER Coat

Readings & Meanings:

カク

かわ

leather, reform

Common Usage:

革

皮革製品

革命

税制改革

Examples:

革のジャケットを買った。

皮革製品は手入れが面倒だ。

ロシア革命はマルクスの社会主義理論に基づいて遂行された。

与党主導の税制改革は失敗に終わった。

Translations:

I bought a leather jacket.

The repair of leather goods is troublesome.

The Russian Revolution was based on and accomplished by Marx's Socialist theory.

The government party's leader's tax reform ended in failure.

Radical:

革 is its own radical! Call it Kakunokawa.

The pictograph is of a stretched animal hide, with head and horns at the top and tail at the bottom, legs splayed out to the left and right.

References:

http://www.kanjinetworks.com/indices/radindex.html
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/node/kanji/ka.htm