変

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See also: 變 and 变
変 U+5909, 変
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909
← 夈
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夊 →

Translingual

Traditional 變
Shinjitai 変
Simplified 变

Glyph origin

Variant of 變. Simplified from 變 (䜌 → 亦)

Han character

変 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹水 (YCHE), composition ⿱亦夂)

Derived characters

References

  • 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

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

Usage notes

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

変

Kyūjitai

變

Kanji

変

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 變)

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

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 變 (MC pjenH).

Pronunciation

Adjective

変(へん) • (hen) -na (adnominal 変(へん)な (hen na), adverbial 変(へん)に (hen ni))

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

Inflection

Inflection of 変
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
変なり		 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
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

Noun

変(へん) • (hen) 

  1. change

References

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

Korean

Hanja

変 (eum 변 (byeon))

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