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変

へん

strange, funny

Mnemonic

Something in the wall is making a noise it should not be making. There is a hen へん in there: へん.

Worth knowing

Same kanji as 変わる かわる and 変える かえる, which are the verbs. 変 on its own is the adjective.

Built from

change
A simplified form: one thing turning into another.

Words sharing these kanji

to change, to alter to change terrible, serious, grave as usual, as before change, variation

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