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Kanji Detail for 変 - "change, strange, incident"

変

  • Meaning

    変 means "change, strange, incident."

    1. Change - To become different.

    2. Strange - Unusual; odd.

    3. Incident - An unusual event.

  • Words using 変

    • 変化 へんか Listen change; variation; alteration
    • 大変 たいへん Listen very; greatly; terribly
    • 変わった かわった Listen unusual; abnormal; strange
    • 変更 へんこう Listen change; modification; alteration
    • 変わる かわる Listen to change; to be transformed; to be altered
    • 変わらない かわらない Listen constant; invariant
    • 変動 へんどう Listen change; fluctuation
    • 変革 へんかく Listen change; transformation; reform

  • Four-character idioms with 変

    • 天変地異 てんぺんちい Listen natural disaster; cataclysm
    • 臨機応変 りんきおうへん Listen adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
    • 千変万化 せんぺんばんか Listen innumerable changes; infinite variety
    • 君子豹変 くんしひょうへん Listen the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them; the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor
    • 変幻自在 へんげんじざい Listen phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting
    • 天災地変 てんさいちへん Listen natural disaster

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    • Verified meaning: change, strange, incident
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    unusual; change; strange

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    change, transform, alter; rebel

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 變|变[bian4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hen(ヘン) ヘン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.eru(か-える) か-える

    ka.wari(か-わり) か-わり

    ka.waru(か-わる) か-わる

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    夂 夊 (fuyugashira・chi・suinyo・natsuashi)

  • Related Keywords

    change strange incident disruption event mourning shift transform wonder unusual weird odd alter convert different modify mutate transition vary

Sentences including 変

  • That's strange.

  • He looks as poor as ever.

  • Don't change your mind.

  • I am very happy about my son's success in his recital.

  • She is rich , and what is better , very beautiful.

  • It is said that his mother is gravely ill.

  • He was very happy.

  • Now , tom depends on his parents very much.

  • She looks as young as ever.

  • The rain changed into snow.

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