革つくりかわ

noun

leather; tanned animal hide

Only with reading つくりかわ

Refers specifically to tanned animal hide used as a material. The reading つくりかわ is standard for this meaning.

• この鞄かばんは上じょう質しつな革つくりかわで作つくられている。

  This bag is made of high-quality leather.

noun

kanji 'leather' radical (radical 177)

Only with reading つくりがわ

Used when referring to the kanji radical 革, typically in discussions about kanji components. The reading つくりがわ is associated with this sense.

• 「革かく」は漢かん字じの部ぶ首しゅの一ひとつで、つくりがわと呼よばれる。

  「革」 is one of the kanji radicals, called つくりがわ.