Kanji1 / 9
変 kanji
unusual, change, strange
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ヘン
Kun readings
かわるかわりかえる
Variant forms
變Words with 変
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —変説change of opinion
- —重変double flat
- —変針veering
- —壊変(radioactive) decay; disintegration
- —機変adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear
- —変項variable
- —サ変s-stem irregular verb conjugation ("su(ru)" is the only member)
- —ラ変r-stem irregular conjugation (in classical Japanese); r-irregular conjugation
- —ナ変n-stem irregular verb conjugation (in classical Japanese)
- —カ変k-stem irregular verb conjugation ("ku(ru)" is the only member)
- —設変design change; engineering change
- —生変rebirth
- —褐変browning
- —窯変deformation during firing (ceramics); color variation during firing
- —変分variation
- —確変system by which hitting a certain jackpot increases the probability of hitting the next jackpot (on prepaid card pachinko machines)
- —変顔making a funny face; amusing face
- —違変breaking (a contract, promise, etc.)
- —黒変blackening; going black; turning black
- —変電transformation of electrical energy