改 — Chinese character
改
gǎi
to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- Pinyin
- gǎi
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 己 攵
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand with a stick 攵 disciplining a kneeling child 己
- Japanese
- 改 as a kanji
Common words with 改
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改变 (改變) | gǎi biàn | to change; to alter |
| 改革 | gǎi gé | reform; measure word: 次 (cì), 种 (zhǒng), 项 (xiàng) |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 改造 | gǎi zào | to transform; to reform |
| 改进 (改進) | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better; improvement |
| 改为 (改為) | gǎi wéi | to change into |
| 改编 (改編) | gǎi biān | to adapt; to rearrange |
| 改名 | gǎi míng | to rename |
| 改称 (改稱) | gǎi chēng | to change a name; to rename |
| 改良 | gǎi liáng | to improve (sth); to refine; to reform (a system) |
| 更改 | gēng gǎi | to alter |
English words written with 改
改 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 14 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 13 · Zhuangzi 6 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Analects 1.8
- Analects 1.11
- Analects 4.20
- Analects 5.9
- Analects 6.9
- Analects 7.3
- Analects 7.21
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