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変

Kanji 変: meaning "change", readings, stroke order

The kanji 変 means "change". On'yomi: ヘン; kun'yomi: かわる、かえる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
change
On'yomi
ヘン
Kun'yomi
かわるかえる
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
變 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 変

  • 変わる かわる — To change
  • 変わる かわる — To change (intrans.)
  • 大変 たいへん — Terrible / very
  • 変 へん — strange, odd
  • 変化 へんか — Change
  • 変える かえる — To change
  • 相変わらず あいかわらず — as ever, as usual
  • 変更 へんこう — change, modification, alteration
  • 一変 いっぺん — complete change
  • 変革 へんかく — change, reform(the) Reformation
  • 変遷 へんせん — change, transition, vicissitudes
  • 変動 へんどう — change, fluctuation

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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