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Kanji Grade 4 - 変

Kanji character Grade 4 変. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 変
About
unusual, change, strange
Kun: か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
On: ヘン
9 strokes
Radical: go 夂
Parts: 亠 夂
 
Onyomi
変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, queer, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, flat
変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
 
Kunyomi
変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend