Moto 変: Unusual; Change; StrangeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヘン
- Kun'yomi
- か(わる)、か(わり)、か(える)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 738 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヘン)
- 変化へんかchange; variation
- 大変たいへんvery; greatly
- 変更へんこうchange; modification
- 変動へんどうchange; fluctuation
- 変革へんかくchange; transformation
- 変化球へんかきゅうbreaking ball (pitch); curve ball
- 政変せいへんpolitical disturbance; political change
- 激変げきへんsudden change; upheaval
- 異変いへんunusual event; strange occurrence
- 変身へんしんmetamorphosis; disguise
- 変へんstrange; odd
- 変形へんけいtransformation; variation
- 変遷へんせんchange; transition
- 地殻変動ちかくへんどうdiastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust
- 変造へんぞうalteration; defacement
- 肝硬変かんこうへんcirrhosis of the liver
- 不変ふへんeternal; everlasting
- 変容へんようchange in appearance; transformation
- 変換へんかんchange; conversion
- 変質へんしつalteration (of character or essence); change in quality
- 事変じへんaccident; disaster
- 変則へんそくirregularity; anomaly
- 可変かへんvariable; changeable
- 変じるへんじるto change into; to be transformed
- 変人へんじんeccentric; crank
- 変哲へんてつsomething unusual; something odd
- 変奏曲へんそうきょくvariation
- 変幻へんげんtransformation
- 変心へんしんchange of mind; inconstancy
- 変性へんせいdenaturation; degeneration
- 変態へんたいtransformation
- 変数へんすうvariable
- 変死へんしunnatural death; accidental death
- 変異へんいvariation; rogue (something)
- 変移へんいchange; alteration
- 変節へんせつbetrayal; defection
- 変色へんしょくchange of color; change of colour
- 変装へんそうdisguise; masquerade
- 変調へんちょうchange of tone; variation (music)
- 変貌へんぼうtransfiguration; transformation
- 変転へんてんmutation; change
- 変速へんそくshifting gears; changing gears
- 変電所へんでんしょtransformer substation
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 変わったかわったunusual; abnormal
- 変わらないかわらないconstant; invariant
- 変わるかわるto change; to be transformed
- 変わりかわりchange; alteration
- 相変わらずあいかわらずas usual; as always
- 様変わりさまがわりchanging completely; transformation
- 移り変わりうつりかわりchange (e.g. season)
- 変えかえchanging; change
- 変えるかえるto change; to alter
- 変わり果てるかわりはてるto be completely changed
- 変わり目かわりめturning point; change
- 変わり種かわりだねsomething out of the ordinary; variant
- 変わり者かわりものeccentric; oddball
- 変わり身かわりみchange of attitude (stance, position)
Other readings
- 一変いっぺんcomplete change; about-face
- 変更届へんこうとどけnotification of change; alteration report
- 天変地異てんぺんちいnatural disaster; cataclysm
Showing the 60 most common of 738 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 変
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