Kanji N3

変: unusual, change, strange

変 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning unusual, change, strange, written with 9 strokes. It is read ヘン (on) and かわる, かわり, かえる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 変化 (へんか, change) and 大変 (たいへん, very).

変

Meanings

  • unusual
  • change
  • strange
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#238 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ヘン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かわる
  • かわり
  • かえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 変

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 変化へんか

    change; variation; alteration; mutation

    JLPT N3
  • 大変たいへん

    very; greatly; terribly; awfully

    JLPT N5
  • 変更へんこう

    change; modification; alteration; revision

    JLPT N3
  • 変わるかわる

    to change; to be transformed; to be altered

    JLPT N4
  • 変へん

    strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious

    JLPT N4
  • 変えるかえる

    to change; to alter; to transform; to convert

    JLPT N4
  • 変動へんどう

    change; fluctuation

    JLPT N1
  • 変革へんかく

    change; transformation; reform; revolution

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.