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Hegemony West Animal 覇 ハ、ハク はたがしら はる Supremacy

Kanji
Onyomi ハ、ハク
Kunyomi はたがしら
Nanori はる
English hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1173
Components 襾: cover; place on top of; west radical variant (no. 146)
革: leather; become serious; skin; hide; pelt
月: month; moon
Number of Strokes 19
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 146
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading にし・かなめのかしら・おおいかんむり
Traditional Form
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword hegemony
Koohii Story 1 In the old west, animal skins were made into leather and their flesh was eaten, thus using the whole animal, which viewed from the animal side could be taken as humans asserting complete hegemony over them. All your base are belong to us.
Koohii Story 2 In the Old West, cowboys had hegemony OVER the Indians despite their leathercraft and ability to navigate by the moon.
RTK Index 1895

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500

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