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The kanji 変: meaning, readings and stroke order
変
- Meaning
- change, strange
- On reading
- ヘン hen
- Kun reading
- か（わる） kawaru、か（える） kaeru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 夂 go slowly, winter
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 變
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thay đổi, lạ (biến)
- Japanese
- かわる。かえる。ふつうと ちがう。
- Korean
- 바뀌다, 이상하다 (변)
- Chinese
- 变化、奇怪 (变)
Readings, words and example sentences
ヘン hen · on reading
大変
hard, tough
今日は 大変な 一日でした。
Today was a tough day.
か（わる） kawaru · kun reading
変わる
to change
夕方に なって 空の 色が 変わりました。
In the evening, the color of the sky changed.
か（える） kaeru · kun reading
変える
to change (something)
天気が 悪いので 予定を 変えます。
The weather is bad, so we change our plans.
Practise writing 変 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 変 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.