Japanese symbol for “revolutionizing”
変革
へんかく
Romaji: henkaku
change; transformation; reform; revolution
In Japanese, revolutionizing is 変革, read へんかく (henkaku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 変更 | へんこう henkou | change; modification; alteration |
| 変化 | へんか henka | change; variation; alteration |
| 変わる | かわる kawaru | to change; to be transformed; to be altered |
| 変動 | へんどう hendou | change; fluctuation |
| 変身 | へんしん henshin | metamorphosis; disguise; transformation |
| 革命 | かくめい kakumei | revolution |
| 改革 | かいかく kaikaku | reform; reformation; reorganization |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.