Japanese Kanji
革kaku
leather · skin · reform
Grade 6 · JLPT N2 · 9 strokes
Leather, skin, reform, become serious.
革 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 9 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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