変

See also: 变
変 U+5909, 変
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909
← 夈
[U+5908] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夊 →
[U+590A]

Translingual
Traditional 變
Shinjitai 変
Simplified 变

Glyph origin

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

Han character

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

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5703
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 869, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5909

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 変 – see 變 (“to change; to transform; to alter; to rebel”).
(This character, 変, 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

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 變)

  1. change
  2. strange; odd
  3. used to denote flat accidentals of musical notes

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Pronunciation
Kanji in this term
変
へん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Adjectival noun

変 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變, -na inflection, hiragana へん, katakana ヘン, rōmaji hen)

  1. strange
    変 (へん)な人 (ひと)
    hen na hito
    a strange person
    • 1993 November 15 [Aug 25 1989], Sasaki, Noriko, “○動どう物ぶつのお医い者しゃさん　登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつ紹しょう介かい [○ The Veterinarian: Character Intro]”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], volume 2 (fiction), 44th edition, Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 7:
      菱 (ひし)沼 (ぬま)聖 (せい)子 (こ)：ヘンな院 (いん)生 (せい)。
      Hishinuma Seiko: Hen na insei.
      Hishinuma Seiko: An eccentric school graduate.

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

Usage notes
  • This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ヘン.

Noun

変 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變, hiragana へん, rōmaji hen)

  1. a change

Korean

Hanja

変 • (byeon) (hangeul 변, revised byeon, McCune–Reischauer pyŏn, Yale pyen)

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