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Kanji 転: meaning "roll, revolve", readings, stroke order

The kanji 転 means "roll, revolve". On'yomi: テン; kun'yomi: ころがる、ころげる、ころがす、ころぶ. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
roll, revolve
On'yomi
テン
Kun'yomi
ころがるころげるころがすころぶ
Strokes
11
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
轉 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 転

  • 自転車 じてんしゃ — Bicycle
  • 運転手 うんてんしゅ — driver (by occupation)
  • 運転する うんてんする — driving
  • 転職 てんしょく — Job change
  • 運転 うんてん — operation, driving
  • 転ぶ ころぶ — to fall down, to fall over
  • 転校 てんこう — change schools
  • 転機 てんき — Turning point
  • 移転 いてん — moving, transfer
  • 回転 かいてん — rotation, turning
  • 転がす ころがす — to roll
  • 転がる ころがる — to roll, to tumble

Stroke order · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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