leather

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting a stretched or framed animal hide used for practical purposes. Its shape reflects the process of treating raw hide into usable material.

Mnemonic: Remember this radical as a stretched leather hide on a frame, ready to be cut or further processed.

• 革gé🔊

  animal hide

  9 strokes

• 靪dīng🔊

  to cobble

  11 strokes

• 𩉜jī🔊

  (literary) bit (of a horse's bridle)

  11 strokes

• 靬jiān🔊

  see 犂靬[Li2 jian1], Han dynasty name for countries in far West

  12 strokes

• 靮dí🔊

  reins

  12 strokes

• 靰wù🔊

  used in 靰鞡[wu4 la5]

  12 strokes

• 靸sǎ🔊

  children's shoe (old)

  12 strokes

• 靴xuē🔊

  boots

  13 strokes

• 靶bǎ🔊

  target

  13 strokes

• 靳jìn🔊

  martingale

  13 strokes

• 靲qín🔊

  leather shoes

  13 strokes

• 靷yǐn🔊

  traces (of a carriage)

  13 strokes

• 靺mò🔊

  name of a tribe

  14 strokes

• 靼dá🔊

  (phonetic)

  14 strokes

• 靿yào🔊

  the leg of a boot or sock

  14 strokes

• 鼗táo🔊

  see 撥浪鼓|拨浪鼓[bo1 lang5 gu3]

  14 strokes

• 鞁bèi🔊

  horse tack (articles of harness such as saddle and bridle)

  14 strokes

• 鞃hóng🔊

  a leaning board on carriage

  14 strokes

• 鞄páo🔊

  to work hides

  14 strokes

• 鞅yāng🔊

  martingale (part of a horse's harness)

  14 strokes

• 鞋xié🔊

  variant of 鞋[xie2]

  HSK 2

  15 strokes

• 鞍ān🔊

  (bound form) saddle

  15 strokes

• 鞇yīn🔊

  variant of 茵[yin1]

  15 strokes

• 鞉táo🔊

  old variant of 鼗[tao2]

  15 strokes

• 鞌Ān🔊

  An, a place in the area of present-day Jinan, Shandong where in 589 BC there was a battle between the states of Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and Jin 晉國|晋国[Jin4 guo2]

  15 strokes

• 巩gǒng🔊

  (bound form) to fix in place; to make firm and secure

  15 strokes

• 鞑Dá🔊

  Tartar

  15 strokes

• 鞒qiáo🔊

  the pommel and cantle of a saddle

  15 strokes

• 鞗tiáo🔊

  reins of leather

  15 strokes

• 䩦tiáo🔊

  variant of 鞗[tiao2]

  16 strokes

• 鞘qiào🔊

  scabbard; sheath

  16 strokes

• 鞙xuàn🔊

  fine

  16 strokes

• 鞚kòng🔊

  (literary) bridle (of a horse)

  17 strokes

• 绱shàng🔊

  to sole a shoe

  17 strokes

• 鞞bǐng🔊

  scabbard

  17 strokes

• 鞠jū🔊

  to incline (one's torso); to bow

  17 strokes

• 鞡la🔊

  used in 靰鞡[wu4 la5]

  17 strokes

• 鞬jiān🔊

  a quiver on a horse

  17 strokes

• 秋qiū🔊

  used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

  18 strokes

• 鞭biān🔊

  whip or lash

  18 strokes

• 鞣róu🔊

  suede

  18 strokes

• 鞥ēng🔊

  (literary) reins (for a horse)

  18 strokes

• 鞧qiū🔊

  crupper

  18 strokes

• 鞨hé🔊

  buskin

  18 strokes

• 鞫jū🔊

  to interrogate

  18 strokes

• 鞮dī🔊

  leather shoes

  18 strokes

• 鞯jiān🔊

  (bound form) saddle blanket

  18 strokes

• 鞲gōu🔊

  variant of 韝[gou1]

  19 strokes