Pictographic: An animal being skinnedRadical:

meaning for :

  • - animal hide
  • - leather
  • - to reform
  • - to remove
  • - to expel (from office)revolution
  • - revolutionary (politics)
  • - Classifiers: 次 reform
  • - Classifiers: 次
  • - to reformto reform and open to the outside world
  • - refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980to transform
  • - to changeCultural Revolution (1966-1976)