Memory phrase for the character: 変
変
Meaning
strange, change, alter Pronunciation HEN ka eru Explanation Top: var. of red 赤 (When clay/earth 土 is burned in fire 灬, the pottery turns: red), bottom: upturned foot 夂 (also sitting cross-legged)
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The red upturned foot looks strange. This has to be changed. Radicals
赤
red When earth 土 (clay) is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red.
夂
crossed legs This radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.
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Vocabulary
大変 たいへん
very, greatly, immense, enormous
7112
変 へん
odd, queer, change, disturbance
1705
変える かえる
to change (actively), to alter, to vary
1706
変わる かわる
to change (by itself), to be transformed, to be revised, to be different
1707
変化 へんか
change, variation, inflection
1709
一変 いっぺん
complete change, about-face
7
変動 へんどう
change, fluctuation
1708
変更 へんこう
change, modification, alteration
1710
変遷 へんせん
change, transition, vicissitudes
1711
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