改

Translingual

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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

改 (Yale goi2)

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Japanese

Kanji

改 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. reform
2. correct
3. change

Readings

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

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

References

JIS: 327E Kuten: 1894 Shift JIS: 89FC EUC-JP: B2FE Frequency: 147 Nelson: 1464

New Nelson: 2332 Halpern: 243 Halpern Learners: 180 Heisig: 528 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 4i3.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Hanzi

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

Compounds

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

• Example: 最近 更改 Recent changes

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Vietnamese

Han character

改 (cải, cãi, gởi, gửi)