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Kanji Detail for 転 - "to turn, to change, to roll"

転

  • Meaning

    転 means "to turn, to change, to roll."

    1. Roll - To turn over; to tumble.

    2. Turn - To rotate; to revolve.

    3. Change - To shift; to transform.

    4. Transfer - To move to another place.

  • Words using 転

    • 転換 てんかん Listen conversion; diversion; changeover
    • 運転 うんてん Listen operation (of a machine); running; working
    • 逆転 ぎゃくてん Listen reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout
    • 移転 いてん Listen moving; relocation; change of address
    • 自転車 じてんしゃ Listen bicycle; bike
    • 運転手 うんてんしゅ Listen driver; chauffeur
    • 逆転勝ち ぎゃくてんがち Listen comeback victory; comeback
    • 転勤 てんきん Listen job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer

  • Four-character idioms with 転

    • 心機一転 しんきいってん Listen changing one's attitude; turning over a new leaf; getting a fresh start
    • 急転直下 きゅうてんちょっか Listen suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
    • 本末転倒 ほんまつてんとう Listen putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
    • 責任転嫁 せきにんてんか Listen shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
    • 七転八倒 しちてんばっとう Listen tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
    • 七転八起 しちてんはっき Listen not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds

  • Tattoo check: 転

    • Verified meaning: to turn, to change, to roll
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うたた, ころび, てん)

    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.

  • Name readings of 転

    Surnames 転(うたた)Listen 転(ころび)Listen 転(てん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    revolve; turn around; change

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    shift, move, turn

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 轉|转

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ten(テン) テン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    koro.bu(ころ-ぶ) ころ-ぶ

    koro.garu(ころ-がる) ころ-がる

    koro.gasu(ころ-がす) ころ-がす

    koro.geru(ころ-げる) ころ-げる

    kurume.ku(くる-めく) くる-めく

    maro.bu(まろ-ぶ) まろ-ぶ

    utata(うた-た) うた-た

    utsu.ru(うつ-る) うつ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to roll to turn to change carry transport discard abandon fall tumble flip invert progress advance revolve circulate transfer rotate alternate circle convert cycle gyrate move oscillate pivot shift spin switch swivel transform transit

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