変

See also: 变

変	U+5909, 変 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909

← 夈
[U+5908]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夊 →
[U+590A]

Translingual

Traditional	變
Shinjitai	変
Simplified	变

Glyph origin

Variant of 變. Simplified from 變 (䜌 → 亦)

Han character

変 (radical 34, 夂+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹水 (YCHE), composition ⿱亦夂)

Derived characters

𭱝

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5703
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 869, character 8
Unihan data for U+5909

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 変 – see 變 (“to change; to transform; to alter; to rebel”). (This character, 変, is a variant form of 變.)

Usage notes

The correct form of the simplified character of 變 is 变 (with 又 at the bottom) which is encoded separately. This character (with 夂 at the bottom) may be encountered in calligraphic writing.

Japanese

Shinjitai	変
Kyūjitai	變

Kanji

変

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 變)

change
strange; odd
used to denote flat accidentals of musical notes

Readings

Goon: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kan’on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kun: かえる (kaeru, 変える, Jōyō); かわる (kawaru, 変わる, Jōyō)^{←かはる (kafaru, historical)}

Compounds

変態 (へんたい, hentai): metamorphosis, a transformation
変成 (へんせい, hensei): metamorphic
変成岩 (へんせいがん, henseigan): metamorphic rock
変更 (へんこう, henkō): a "change in a plan, idea, or script"
変装 (へんそう, hensō): a disguise
変身 (へんしん, henshin): transformation
変化 (へんか, henka): a transformation, a metamorphosis; a "makeover"
変化 (へんげ, henge): ghost, apparition
変形 (へんけい, henkei): a transformation, deformation, metamorphosis
変移 (へんい, hen'i): transmutation
変貌 (へんぼう, henbō): transfiguring one's own appearance; a glamour
変容 (へんよう, hen'yō): shapeshifting
変わり (かわり, kawari): change; alteration; substitute

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
変
へん Grade: 4
on’yomi

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) へん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Adjectival noun

変 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變, -na inflection, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

strange
変 (へん)な人 (ひと)
hen na hito
a strange person
- 1993 November 15 [Aug 25 1989], Sasaki, Noriko, “○動どう物ぶつのお医い者しゃさん　登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつ紹しょう介かい [○ The Veterinarian: Character Intro]”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 44th edition, Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 7:
  菱 (ひし)沼 (ぬま)聖 (せい)子 (こ)：ヘンな院 (いん)生 (せい)。
  Hishinuma Seiko: Hen na insei.
  Hishinuma Seiko: An eccentric school graduate.

Inflection

Inflection of 変

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	変だろ	へんだろ	hen daro
Continuative (連用形)	変で	へんで	hen de
Terminal (終止形)	変だ	へんだ	hen da
Attributive (連体形)	変な	へんな	hen na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	変なら	へんなら	hen nara
Imperative (命令形)	変であれ	へんであれ	hen de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	変ではない変じゃない	へんではないへんじゃない	hen de wa nai hen ja nai
Informal past	変だった	へんだった	hen datta
Informal negative past	変ではなかった変じゃなかった	へんではなかったへんじゃなかった	hen de wa nakatta hen ja nakatta
Formal	変です	へんです	hen desu
Formal negative	変ではありません変じゃありません	へんではありませんへんじゃありません	hen de wa arimasen hen ja arimasen
Formal past	変でした	へんでした	hen deshita
Formal negative past	変ではありませんでした変じゃありませんでした	へんではありませんでしたへんじゃありませんでした	hen de wa arimasen deshita hen ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	変で	へんで	hen de
Conditional	変なら（ば）	へんなら（ば）	hen nara (ba)
Provisional	変だったら	へんだったら	hen dattara
Volitional	変だろう	へんだろう	hen darō
Adverbial	変に	へんに	hen ni
Degree	変さ	へんさ	hensa

Noun

変 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

a change

Korean

Hanja

変 • (byeon) (hangeul 변, revised byeon, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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