= g + e2
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
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How to pronounce 革

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

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+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

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革 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
廿
niàn = ni + an4
twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念
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China / Chinese / surname Zhong
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within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right
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to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)
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= y + Ø1
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
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Characters with 革 as component

= l + e4
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
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lēi = l + ei1
to strap tightly / to bind
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biān = bi + an1
whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
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Words with 革

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to transform / to change
to innovate / innovation
Damascus, capital of Syria

Sentences with 革

革 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)

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