Refers to animal hide that has been tanned into leather. Can also refer to suede as a type of finished leather.
This wallet is made of leather.
I bought leather gloves.
kanji radical 178 'tanned leather'
Refers to the kanji radical 韋, which represents tanned leather. Used in characters like 韓 and 衛.
「韋」 is the radical that represents tanned leather.
Standard kanji spelling using 革 for leather.
Alternate spelling using 皮 for hide; less common than 革.
Rarely used kanji form with 鞣, a specialized character for tanning.
Rarely used kanji form; abbreviated version of 鞣し革.
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used.
Compound of なめし (連用形 of なめす 'to tan') + 革 (かわ 'leather'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward.