革
gé HSK5

leather

革 gé
dismiss verb
to remove or expel someone from their official position or office

他因为在工作中收受贿赂被革了职。

tā yīn​wèi zài gōng​zuò zhōng shōu​shòu huì​lù bèi gé le zhí.

He was dismissed from his post for taking bribes at work.

leather verb
animal hide or processed leather

这件衣服是用真革制成的。

zhè jiàn yī​fu shì yòng zhēn gé zhì​chéng de.

This garment is made of genuine leather.

reform verb
to change, transform, or improve a system or habit

这套制度太陈旧了，为了提高效率，早就该革了。

zhè tào zhì​dù tài chén​jiù le, wèi​le tí​gāo xiào​lǜ, zǎo jiù gāi gé le.

This system is too outdated; it should have been overhauled long ago to improve efficiency.

Frequency
Character
Written text
521st most common 406.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,914th most common 22.3 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.67 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
8.23 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+9769

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)