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改

Kanji 改: meaning "reform, revise", readings, stroke order

The kanji 改 means "reform, revise". On'yomi: カイ; kun'yomi: あらためる、あらたまる. JLPT N2 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
reform, revise
On'yomi
カイ
Kun'yomi
あらためるあらたまる
Strokes
7
Level
JLPT N2
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 改

  • 改善 かいぜん — Improvement
  • 改札 かいさつ — ticket gate
  • 改めて あらためて — another time, again
  • 改める あらためる — to change, to reform, to revise
  • 改正 かいせい — revision, amendment, alteration
  • 改造 かいぞう — remodeling
  • 改悪 かいあく — deterioration, changing for the worse
  • 改革 かいかく — reform, reformation, innovation
  • 改修 かいしゅう — repair, improvement
  • 改定 かいてい — reform
  • 改訂 かいてい — revision
  • 改良 かいりょう — improvement, reform

Stroke order · 7 strokes

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

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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