改
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Translingual
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Han character
改 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸山人大 (SUOK), four-corner 18740, composition ⿰己攵)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 468, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13114
- Dae Jaweon: page 816, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1450, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6539
Chinese
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 改 | |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
In the oracle bone script, a phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *klɯːʔ) : phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs) + semantic 攴.
Since the small seal script, the phonetic component has been changed to 己 (OC *kɯʔ).
Etymology 1
simp. and trad. |
改 | |
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alternative forms | 攺 |
Related to 革 (OC *krɯːɡ, “to change”), 更 (OC *kraːŋ, “to change”) (Wang, 1982).
Pronunciation
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Definitions
- to correct; to improve
- to change; to transform; to alter; to modify
- to mark; to correct; to grade (homework, an assignment, a test, etc.)
- (Hokkien) to give up; to quit; to abstain from (a bad habit)
- a surname
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 戒 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 戒 |
Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 戒 |
Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 戒 |
Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 戒 |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 戒 |
Hong Kong | 戒 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 戒 |
Hakka | Meixian | 戒 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 戒 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 戒 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 戒 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 戒 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 戒 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 改 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 戒 |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 改 |
Quanzhou | 改 | |
Zhangzhou | 改 | |
Tainan | 改 |
Compounds
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Etymology 2
simp. and trad. |
改 | |
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alternative forms | 介 屆/届 |
Probably from Japanese 回 (kai).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kái
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kái
- Tâi-lô: kái
- Phofsit Daibuun: kae
- IPA (Taipei): /kai⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Definitions
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Classifier for times, as in frequency.
Japanese
Kanji
Readings
- Go-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: かい (kai, Jōyō)
- Kun: あらためる (aratameru, 改める, Jōyō)、あらたまる (aratamaru, 改まる, Jōyō)
- Nanori: あら (ara)
Compounds
References
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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改 |
かい Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 改 (MC kojX).
Pronunciation
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Affix
Suffix
- revision
- revised, modified
- チヌ改
- chi-nu-kai
- Chi-Nu Kai
- 装輪装甲車(改)
- sōrin-sōkō-sha (kai)
- Wheeled Armoured Vehicle (Improved)
- チヌ改
Korean
Hanja
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
改: Hán Nôm readings: cải, cãi, gởi, gửi
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