変

See also: 變 and 变

変	U+5909, 変 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909

← 夈
[U+5908]

CJK Unified Ideographs

夊 →
[U+590A]

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Traditional	變
Shinjitai	変
Simplified	变

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Glyph origin

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

Han character

変 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹水 (YCHE), composition ⿱亦夂)

Derived characters

𭱝

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5703
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 8
Unihan data for U+5909

For pronunciation and definitions of 変 – see 變 (“to change; to transform; etc.”). (This character 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.

Shinjitai	変
Kyūjitai	變

Kanji

変

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 變)

Readings

Go-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kan-on: へん (hen, Jōyō)
Kun: かえる (kaeru, 変える, Jōyō)^{←かへる (kaferu, 変へる, historical)}、かわる (kawaru, 変わる, Jōyō)^{←かはる (kafaru, 変はる, historical)}

Compounds

変(へん)換(かん) (henkan): convert
変(へん)移(い) (hen'i) : mutation; transmutation
変(へん)化(か) (henka) : conjugation
変(へん)化(げ) (henge)
変(へん)形(けい) (henkei) : deformation; deformity
変(へん)更(こう) (henkō) : modification; revision
変(へん)身(しん) (henshin) : transformation
変(へん)成(せい) (hensei) : metamorphosis
- 変(へん)成(せい)岩(がん) (henseigan) : metamorphic rock
変(へん)装(そう) (hensō) : a disguise
変(へん)態(たい) (hentai) : (sexual) perversion
変(へん)貌(ぼう) (henbō) : transfiguration
変(へん)容(よう) (hen'yō)
変葉木(へんようぼく) (hen'yōboku) : Codiaeum variegatum
変(へん)体(たい) (hentai) : variant

Etymology

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

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Alternative spelling
變 (kyūjitai)

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From Middle Chinese 變 (MC pjenH).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へん [héꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

変(へん) • (hen) -na (adnominal 変(へん)な (hen na), adverbial 変(へん)に (hen ni))

strange
変(へん)な人(ひと)
hen na hito
a strange person

変(へん)なことにこだわる
hen na koto ni kodawaru
to become fixated on the strangest things

Inflection

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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

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Inflection of 変

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Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	変なら	へんなら	fennara
Continuative (連用形)	変に^[1] 変なり^[2]	へんにへんなり	fenni fennari
Terminal (終止形)	変なり	へんなり	fennari
Attributive (連体形)	変なる	へんなる	fennaru
Realis (已然形)	変なれ	へんなれ	fennare
Imperative (命令形)	変なれ	へんなれ	fennare
Key constructions
Negative	変ならず	へんならず	fennarazu
Contrasting conjunction	変なれど	へんなれど	fennaredo
Causal conjunction	変なれば	へんなれば	fennareba
Conditional conjunction	変ならば	へんならば	fennaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	変なりき	へんなりき	fennariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	変なりけり	へんなりけり	fennarikeri
Adverbial	変に	へんに	fenni
^[1]Without auxiliary verb. ^[2]With auxiliary verb.

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Classical conjugation of "変なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Noun

変(へん) • (hen)

change

References

[1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja

変 (eum 변 (byeon))

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[DJR-1] [1]
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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変

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