変 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「夂」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「夂」
- On
- ヘンへん · hen
- Kun
- か(わる)・か(える)ka(waru) · ka(eru)
- Meaning
- change, strange
Stroke order
Origin
A simplified form of the original phonetic-semantic character 變, meaning to change.
Readings and examples
| Onヘンへんhen | 変化へんか異変いへん大変たいへん |
|---|---|
| Kunかわるkawaru | 変わるかわる変わり種かわりだね Compare: 替わる・代わる・換わる |
| Kunかえるkaeru | 変えるかえる Compare: 替える・代える・換える |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 変化へんか
change
- 大変たいへん
tough, serious
- 変更へんこう
- 変遷へんせん
- 変貌へんぼう
- 豹変ひょうへん
Example
秋になると、葉の色が変わります。
When autumn comes, the color of the leaves changes.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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