革
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
革
=
廿
+
中
+
一
:
Mnemonic symbol: a cow's hide.
Guy Fawkes (g) arrived at the entrance to the elevator (e2) to visit this year's darts grand finale. He is standing right next to the dart board (中) and cheers for his favourite player using a self-made drum. The drum consists of a flower pot (廿) over which Guy stretched a cow's hide (革). He is beating his drum using a flute (一).
Guy Fawkes (g) arrived at the entrance to the elevator (e2) to visit this year's darts grand finale. He is standing right next to the dart board (中) and cheers for his favourite player using a self-made drum. The drum consists of a flower pot (廿) over which Guy stretched a cow's hide (革). He is beating his drum using a flute (一).
革 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
中
=
丨
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口
:
Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
Characters with 革 as component
variant of 鞋[xie2]
shoe / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
to rein in / to compel / to force / to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead / bridle / (physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux
whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2]
鞠
=
匊
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革
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Zeus (ju) was brought up (鞠) by the inhabitants of the space station. One day, when they were out on a stroll in front of the space station (Ø1), they received a small one-person spacecraft with both hands (匊) and found baby Zeus inside cuddled in a cow's hide (革) together with a message that the sun of his home planet just exploded.
surname Ju
鞠
=
匊
+
革
:
Zeus (ju) was brought up (鞠) by the inhabitants of the space station. One day, when they were out on a stroll in front of the space station (Ø1), they received a small one-person spacecraft with both hands (匊) and found baby Zeus inside cuddled in a cow's hide (革) together with a message that the sun of his home planet just exploded.
Words with 革
second revolution / campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] and the Northern Warlords
Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] and the Northern Warlords
Sentences with 革
革 currently does not appear in any sentence.