革面悛心

革面悛心 in English

gé miàn quān xīn: (idiom) To repent completely and begin a new life. The expression describes profound remorse and a radical change in conduct.

Character breakdown

革 gé animal hide
面麵 miàn flour
悛 quān to reform
心 xīn heart

Stroke order

Le caractère 革 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 革

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 面 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 面

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

Le caractère 心 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ — Numbered strokes

Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 心

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

革

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 16 forms

面

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 11 forms

悛

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢

心

Oracle bone script 商
Clerical script 東漢
See all 25 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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