Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

147 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search

Kunyomi: あらた.める あらた.まる

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

革する(かいかくする)   reform

良する(かいりょうする)   improve

正する(かいせいする)   revise (e.g. law)

築する(かいちくする)   rebuild, reconstruct

善する(かいぜんする)   improve

行する(かいぎょうする)   start a new line or paragraph

札口(かいさつぐち)   ticket gate

める(あらためる)   revise, change [v.t.]

まる(あらたまる)   become formal, be renewed [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

カイ revision

カイカク reform, reformation, reorganization

コウカイ renewal, extension, revision

契約更 ケイヤクコウカイ contract renewal

Kunyomi Examples

める あらためる to change, to alter, to revise, to replace, to reform, to correct, to mend, to improve, to examine, to check, to inspect, to do properly, to do formally

まる あらたまる to be renewed, to change, to be improved, to be reformed, to be revised, to be corrected, to stand on ceremony, to be formal, to take a turn for the worse (of an illness), to take a serious turn