Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: unusual, change, strange
Kunyomi: か.わる か.わり か.える
Onyomi: ヘン
Composition: 亦 夂
Radical: 夂
Reading: のまた
Meaning: go
Strokes: 3
変化する（へんかする） change
変動する（へんどうする） fluctuate
変更する（へんこうする） change, modify
変な（へんな） strange
大変な（たいへんな） terrible
異変（いへん） accident
変わる（かわる） change [v.i.]
変える（かえる） change [v.t.]
変 （ヘン） strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, queer, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, flat
変化 （ヘンカ） change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
政変 （セイヘン） political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
異変 （イヘン） unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
変わる （かわる） to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
変わり （かわり） change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
変わり種 （かわりだね） something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
変える （かえる） to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: unusual, change, strange
Kunyomi: か.わる か.わり か.える
Onyomi: ヘン
Composition: 亦 夂
Radical: 夂
Reading: のまた
Meaning: go
Strokes: 3
変化する（へんかする） change
変動する（へんどうする） fluctuate
変更する（へんこうする） change, modify
変な（へんな） strange
大変な（たいへんな） terrible
異変（いへん） accident
変わる（かわる） change [v.i.]
変える（かえる） change [v.t.]
変 （ヘン） strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, queer, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, flat
変化 （ヘンカ） change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
政変 （セイヘン） political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
異変 （イヘン） unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
変わる （かわる） to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
変わり （かわり） change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
変わり種 （かわりだね） something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
変える （かえる） to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend