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U+5909, 変
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909

[U+5908]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+590A]

Translingual

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Glyph origin

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Variant of . Simplified from ()

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 35, +6, 9 strokes, Cangjie input 卜金竹水 (YCHE), composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to change; to transform; to become; to turn into; to change into; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Usage notes

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  • The correct form of the simplified character of is (with at the bottom) which is encoded separately. This character (with at the bottom) may be encountered in calligraphic writing.

Japanese

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Shinjitai
Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. change
  2. strange; odd
  3. (music) used to denote flat accidentals

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

    From Middle Chinese (MC pjenH).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    (へん) (hen-na (adnominal (へん) (hen na), adverbial (へん) (hen ni))

    1. strange
      (へん)(ひと)
      hen na hito
      a strange person
      (へん)ことこだわる
      hen na koto ni kodawaru
      to become fixated on the strangest things

    Inflection

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

    Noun

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    (へん) (hen

    1. change
    2. (music) flat (semitone down)
      Antonym: (えい) (ei)
    3. sudden change, turn (in a patient's condition)
      • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 18, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中 両親と私 [My Parents and I]:
        (わたくし)(いま)にも(へん)がありそうな(びょう)(しつ)退(しりぞ)いてまた(せん)(せい)()(がみ)()もうとした。
        Watakushi wa imanimo hen ga ari-sō na byōshitsu o shirizoite mata sensei no tegami o yomō to shita.
        I retreated from the sickroom where any moment some sudden change could occur and attempted again to read Sensei's letter.

    References

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

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (eum (byeon))

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