革 Leather

Radical Combination

• 革

  Leather

Meaning

Primary

Leather

Mnemonic

The leather radical and the leather kanji are exactly the same! Cool!

Readings

On’yomi

かく

Kun’yomi

かわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

One way to get leather is to skin a male chicken, a cock (かく). Not a very efficient way to get leather, but one way nonetheless.

Hints

You won’t get much leather from a cock, but you could skin one in a pinch, should you really need a little extra leather.