変

変 — unusual, change, strange

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #238 most common

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: へん hen
Kun'yomi: か.わる ka.waru

か.わり ka.wari

か.える ka.eru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 変

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