JLPT N3 · 9 strokes
Kanji 変: "unusual, change, strange"
The kanji 変 means "unusual, change, strange". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ヘン in on'yomi and か.わる, か.わり, か.える in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
か.わるか.わりか.える
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | unusual, change, strange |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 238 of 2,501 |
Common words with 変
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 変わるto change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary · to move to
- 大変very; greatly; terribly; awfully · immense; enormous; great
- 変えるto change; to alter; to transform; to convert · to reform; to revise; to amend
- 変strange; odd; peculiar; weird · unexpected
- 変化change; variation; alteration; mutation · variety; diversity
- 相変わらずas usual; as always; as before; as ever
- 変更change; modification; alteration; revision
- 変わりchangement, modification · différence, particularité
- 変態transformation · abnormality
- 異変événement anormal, phénomène étrange, anomalie
- 生まれ変わるto be reborn; to be reincarnated; to be born again · to turn over a new leaf; to become a new person; to make a fresh start in life
- 一変complete change; about-face
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