改

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.1.3 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

改 (radical 66 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸山人大 (SUOK), four-corner 1874₀)

1. change, alter
2. improve, remodel

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 468, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13114
• Dae Jaweon: page 816, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1450, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6539

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

改 (Yale goi2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

改 (grade 4 kanji)

1. reform
2. correct
3. change

[edit] Readings

• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: あらためる (aratameru), あらため (aratame), あらたまる (aratamaru)
• Nazuke: あら (ara)

[edit] Compounds

改悪 改易 改悔 改革 改旧 改玉 改元

改寤 改号 改刪 改宗 改修 改春 改心

改進 改正 改姓 改善 改装 改葬 改造

改定 改訂 改轍 改容 改暦

[edit] References

• Kuten:1894
• Shift_JIS: 89FC
• JIS: 327E

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

改 (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Hanzi

改 (pinyin gǎi (gai3), Wade-Giles kai³)

[edit] Compounds

• 改革 (gǎigé) reform
• 更改 (gēnggǎi) change, edit

• Example: 最近 更改 Recent changes

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

改 (cải, cãi, gởi, gửi)