変
change, strange, unusual
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:4
Strokes:9
JLPT:3
Frequency:238
Vocabulary
ヘン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異変 | イヘン | unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident; disaster |
| 肝硬変 | カンコウヘン | cirrhosis (of the liver) |
| 急変 | キュウヘン | sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency |
| 事変 | ジヘン | accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency |
| 政変 | セイヘン | political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移り変わり | うつりかわり | change (e.g. season) |
| 一変 | いっぺん | complete change; about-face |
| 相変わらず | あいかわらず | as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still |
| 塗り変える | ぬりかえる | to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map); to remake |
| 変 | へん | strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; emergency; flat |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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darling, in love, miss, romance, yearn for
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exhausted, tire, weary
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clothes, dressing, garment
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evening, night
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red
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confer, describe, narrate, relate
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banish, emit, fire, liberate, release, set free, shoot
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