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Kanji Grade 3 - 転

Kanji character Grade 3 転. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 転
About
revolve, turn around, change
Kun: ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく
On: テン
11 strokes
Radical: cart, car 車
Parts: 二 厶 車
 
Onyomi
転 【テン】 change in pronunciation or meaning of a word, sound change, word with an altered pronunciation or meaning, turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
転移 【テンイ】 moving (location, with the times, etc.), change, transition, metastasis, spread, transition (e.g. phase transition), transfer (of learning), transference (in psychoanalysis)
不退転 【フタイテン】 determination, conviction
大回転 【ダイカイテン】 the giant slalom
 
Kunyomi
転がる 【ころがる】 to roll, to tumble, to fall over, to roll over, to lie down, to be scattered about, to be lying around, (of a situation or outcome) to change, to turn out, to come easily, to be common, to fall into one's hands, to grow on trees
転がる石には苔は付かない 【ころがるいしにはこけはつかない】 a rolling stone gathers no moss
転げる 【ころげる】 to roll over, to tumble, to roll about (with laughter)
転がす 【ころがす】 to roll, to turn over, to tip over, to throw down, to leave, to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
転 【うたた】 more and more, increasingly, all the more