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This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

變

Readings

Kana: ヘン、か.わる、か.える
Romaji: hen, ka.waru, ka.eru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

change, strange

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  23
Radical Number:  66
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-19-4
Korean Reading:  byeon
Chinese Reading:  bian4
Unicode:  8b8a
JIS:  5A4E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2920
Nelson Index: 2063
New Nelson Index: 5721
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j7.3
Four Corner Index: 2240.8
Japanese Names Index: 3012
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36117
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0614
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3636

Words

変 (へん)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat
音変化 (おんぺんか)
change in sound; shift in sound
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