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The Radical: 革
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Leather 革
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Also 皮 stands for leather |
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革
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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leather, skin, renew, reform
kawa, KAKU Center: skin 囗, rest: pictograph of a horned animal
The horned 廿 animal has a skin 囗 of leather.
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革
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靴
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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shoe
kutsu, KA Left: leather 革 (The horned 廿 animal has a skin 囗 of leather), right: change 化 (When a standing person 亻is sitting 匕 down, this is a change.)
Leather changes into shoes.
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革
化
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遮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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intercept, obstruct, interrupt
saegiru, SHA Left: movement 辶, right: common, various 庶 (In a building 广 the objects 廿 on the fire 灬 are various) - Here: 廿 as the horns of animals, cf.: leather 革
(No free-range livestock): We have the stable/hutch 广 for the animals (horns 廿 and 4 legs 灬) such that their movement is: intercept/ interrupted.
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辶
广
革
廿
灬
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覇
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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hegemony, domination, leadership, supremac, champion
HA Top: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon 一 of the sun 日 in the west), bottom: leather 革 (The horned 廿 animal has a skin 囗 of leather), month 月
In the west, they make (as much) leather within a month to get leadership as hegemon.
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西
革
月
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