Leather - Kaku

Japanese: 革 - カク

[Sound] Kaku (Kanji) [Reading] To renew , to be renewed [Kanji to be learned] 6th grade〈Kaku〉
1. Animal skin with the fur removed and dried in the shade.
2. Weapons and instruments made from leather. "Hyo-haku"
3. To rebuild or revise something that has become slack and worn out. "Innovation/Revolution/History/Reform/Transformation"
4. Abbreviation of "reform"
<Kawa> "Leather shoes and leather products / Belt leather and back leather"
[Hard to read] Flexible Frying・Tanned Leather Tanning surface・Smooth Leather Slime

kawa〔kaha〕 [leather]

[Same etymology as "skin"] The skin of an animal that has had the hair removed and been tanned.
[Synonyms] Leather, skin, fur, leather

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

［音］カク（漢）　［訓］かわ　あらためる　あらたまる
［学習漢字］6年
〈カク〉
１動物の皮から毛を取り去り、陰干ししたもの。かわ。「牛革・皮革」
２革でつくった武器や楽器。「兵革」
３たるんでだめになったものを建て直す。あらためる。「革新・革命／沿革・改革・変革」
４「改革」の略。「行革」
〈かわ（がわ）〉「革靴・革製品／帯革・背革」
［難読］撓革いためがわ・鞣革なめしがわ・滑革ぬめがわ