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変 か.わる、か.わり、か.える 変化(へんか): (1) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis (2) variety; diversity (3) inflection; declension; conjugation (4) sidestepping (sumo)大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster変わる(かわる): (1) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary (2) to move to (3) to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual変更(へんこう): change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment変動(へんどう): change; fluctuation相変わらず(あいかわらず): as ever; as usual; the same変(へん): (1) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy (2) unexpected (3) change (4) incident; disturbance; disaster; accident (5) flat (music)変革(へんかく): (1) change; reform; revolution; upheaval (2) Reformation一変(いっぺん): complete change; about-face変遷(へんせん): change; transition; vicissitudes変える(かえる): to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform 4 亦: also; again夂: winter radical (no. 34) 言 7 變 unusual Imagine an apple on walking legs on stage singing "It´s not unusual to be loved by anyone" (Tom Jones). Keyword can be confused with uncommon (#1797).

Accepted Answer

ヘン unusual, change, strange 3 238 9 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 会意 Compound Ideographic It´s quite unusual and abnormal to see an apple with walking legs running away from the person who wants to eat it!

Kanji	変
Onyomi	ヘン
Kunyomi	か.わる、か.わり、か.える
English	unusual, change, strange
Examples	変化(へんか): (1) change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis (2) variety; diversity (3) inflection; declension; conjugation (4) sidestepping (sumo) 大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster 変わる(かわる): (1) to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary (2) to move to (3) to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual 変更(へんこう): change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment 変動(へんどう): change; fluctuation 相変わらず(あいかわらず): as ever; as usual; the same 変(へん): (1) strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy (2) unexpected (3) change (4) incident; disturbance; disaster; accident (5) flat (music) 変革(へんかく): (1) change; reform; revolution; upheaval (2) Reformation 一変(いっぺん): complete change; about-face 変遷(へんせん): change; transition; vicissitudes 変える(かえる): to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	238
Components	亦: also; again 夂: winter radical (no. 34)
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	變
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	unusual
Koohii Story 1	It´s quite unusual and abnormal to see an apple with walking legs running away from the person who wants to eat it!
Koohii Story 2	Imagine an apple on walking legs on stage singing "It´s not unusual to be loved by anyone" (Tom Jones). Keyword can be confused with uncommon (#1797).

Change Unusual Alteration Transition Incident Apple Walking Legs