改 — kanji meaning “reformation”
改
reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
- Meanings
- reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi
- あらた.める、あらた.まる
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #147 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 66
- Chinese reading
- gǎi — Chinese character page
Words with 改
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 改善 | かいぜん kaizen | betterment; improvement |
| 改正 | かいせい kaisei | revision; amendment; alteration |
| 改革 | かいかく kaikaku | reform; reformation; reorganization |
| 改造 | かいぞう kaizou | remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction |
| 改良 | かいりょう kairyou | improvement; reform |
| 改めて | あらためて aratamete | another time; again; over again |
| 改札 | かいさつ kaisatsu | examination of tickets |
| 改築 | かいちく kaichiku | structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding |
| 改める | あらためる aratameru | to change; to alter; to revise |
| 改名 | かいめい kaimei | name change |
| 改修 | かいしゅう kaishuu | repair; improvement |
| 改定 | かいてい kaitei | revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change |
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