變

See also: 变 and 変

Translingual

shinjitai	変
simplified	变
traditional	變

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 䜌 + semantic 攴

Han character

變 (radical 149 言+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 女火人大 (VFOK), four-corner 2240₈, composition ⿱䜌夊)

1. change, transform, alter
2. rebel

Descendants

• 変 变

References

• KangXi: page 1186, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36117
• Dae Jaweon: page 1650, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1481, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8B8A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

變 (simplified 变, Jyutping bin3, Yale bin3)

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Japanese

Kanji

變

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: へん (hen)
• Kun: かわる (kawaru)

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Korean

Hanja

變 (hangeul 변 (byeon), revised byeon, McCune-Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

變 (simplified 变, Pinyin biàn (bian4), Wade-Giles pien⁴)

Compounds

• 變身 / 变身 (biànshēn)

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Vietnamese

Han character

變 (biến, bén, bến)