転 — revolve, turn around, change

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• てん ten

Kun'yomi

• ころ.がる koro.garu
• ころ.げる koro.geru
• ころ.がす koro.gasu
• ころ.ぶ koro.bu
• まろ.ぶ maro.bu
• うたた utata
• うつ.る utsu.ru
• くる.めく kuru.meku

Words that use 転

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 自転車 じてんしゃ bicycle JLPT N5
• 運転手 うんてんしゅ driver JLPT N4
• 運転 うんてん operation (of a machine) JLPT N4
• 転ぶ ころぶ to fall down JLPT N3
• 転校 てんこう changing schools JLPT N3
• 移転 いてん moving JLPT N2
• 回転 かいてん rotation JLPT N2
• 転がす ころがす to roll JLPT N2
• 転がる ころがる to roll JLPT N2
• 転々 てんてん moving from place to place JLPT N2