変 — kanji meaning “unusual”
変
unusual, change, strange
- Meanings
- unusual, change, strange
- On'yomi
- ヘン (hen)
- Kun'yomi
- か.わる、か.わり、か.える
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #238 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 34
- Chinese reading
- biàn
Words with 変
| 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 |
| 変換 | へんかん henkan | change; conversion; transformation |
| 変形 | へんけい henkei | transformation; variation; metamorphosis |
| 変える | かえる kaeru | to change; to alter; to transform |
| 変わり | かわり kawari | change; alteration |
| 変え | かえ kae | changing; change |
| 変態 | へんたい hentai | transformation |
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