The kanji 転: meaning, readings and stroke order
転
- Meaning
- roll, fall over
- On reading
- テン ten
- Kun reading
- ころ(がる) korogaru、ころ(げる) korogeru、ころ(がす) korogasu、ころ(ぶ) korobu
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 車 cart, car
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 轉
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lăn, ngã (chuyển)
- Japanese
- ころがる。ころぶ。
- Korean
- 구르다, 넘어지다 (전)
- Chinese
- 滚动、摔倒 (转)
Readings, words and example sentences
テン ten · on reading
回転
turning, spinning
風車が ゆっくり 回転します。
The windmill turns slowly.
ころ(がる) korogaru · kun reading
転がる
to roll
ボールが 下へ 転がります。
The ball rolls down.
ころ(げる) korogeru · kun reading · less common
転げる
to roll about
おもしろくて わらい転げました。
It was so funny that I rolled around laughing.
ころ(がす) korogasu · kun reading
転がす
to roll (something)
玉を 転がして あそびます。
We play by rolling a ball.
ころ(ぶ) korobu · kun reading
転ぶ
to fall down, to trip
走って いて 転びました。
I fell down while I was running.
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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.