改: Reformation; Change; ModifyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (カイ)

• 改正かいせいrevision; amendment
• 改革かいかくreform; reformation
• 改善かいぜんbetterment; improvement
• 改造かいぞうremodeling; remodelling
• 改定かいていrevision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration
• 改憲かいけんconstitutional change; revising the constitution
• 改良かいりょうimprovement; reform
• 改選かいせんre-election
• 改修かいしゅうrepair; improvement
• 改新かいしんreformation
• 改札かいさつexamination of tickets
• 改築かいちくstructural alteration (of a building); reconstruction
• 更改こうかいrenewal; extension
• 改編かいへんreorganization; reorganisation
• 改装かいそうremodelling; remodeling
• 改訂かいていrevision (of text); alteration
• 改組かいそreorganization; reorganisation
• 農地改革のうちかいかくagrarian reform
• 改ざんかいざんalteration; falsification
• 改作かいさくadaptation (of story)
• 改名かいめいname change
• 改変かいへんchange; alteration
• 改宗かいしゅうreligious conversion
• 改廃かいはいreform and (or) abolition; alteration or repeal
• 改心かいしんconversion; reform
• 改悪かいあくdeterioration; changing for the worse
• 改札口かいさつぐちticket barrier; ticket gate
• 改称かいしょうrenaming; retitling
• 改訂版かいていばんrevised edition
• 改題かいだいchange of title; retitling
• 朝令暮改ちょうれいぼかいan unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
• ネットワーク改造ネットワークかいぞうnetwork restructuring
• 享保の改革きょうほうのかいかくthe Kyōhō Reforms (1736 economic reforms)
• 人種改良じんしゅかいりょうracial eugenics
• 人間改造学にんげんかいぞうがくeuphenics
• 体質改善たいしつかいぜんimprovement of one's constitution; reformation
• 価格改定かかくかいていprice revision
• 修改しゅうかいpersonal reformation
• 内閣改造ないかくかいぞうcabinet reshuffle; cabinet shake-up
• 創氏改名そうしかいめいthe order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
• 反宗教改革はんしゅうきょうかいかくCounter-Reformation
• 司法改革しほうかいかくjudicial reform
• 品種改良ひんしゅかいりょうselective breeding
• 土地改良とちかいりょうland improvement
• 土地改良法とちかいりょうほうLand Improvement Act (1949, reformed in 2001); Land Improvement Law
• 土地改革とちかいかくland reform
• 土壌改良どじょうかいりょうsoil amelioration; soil improvement
• 地盤改良じばんかいりょうground reinforcement; soil stabilization
• 増改築ぞうかいちくextension and structural alteration of building
• 増補改訂ぞうほかいていrevising (and supplementing)
• 増補改訂版ぞうほかいていばんenlarged and revised edition
• 変改へんかいrevise (rules)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 改めるあらためるto change; to alter
• 改まったあらたまったceremonious; formal
• 改まるあらたまるto be renewed; to change
• 改めてあらためてanother time; again
• 事改めてことあらためてanew

Other readings

• 人別改にんべつあらためcensus (Edo period)
• 切符を改めるきっぷをあらためるto examine tickets
• 地域主権改革ちいきしゅぎかいかくregional sovereignty reform; decentralization of power to local governments

Showing the 60 most common of 201 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 改

• 革
• 良
• 造
• 正
• 善
• 札
• 版
• 訂
• 宗
• 法
• 行
• 過