変 Kanji – unusual
The Japanese kanji 変 can mean unusual, change, strange.
Meaning and Readings
How is 変 read?
変 has the onyomi reading ヘン and the kunyomi readings かわる, かわり, かえる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as hen, kawaru, kawari, kaeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 変
These common Japanese words contain 変. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 異変（いへん） — unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
- 移り変わり（うつりかわり） — change (e.g. season)
- 一変（いっぺん） — complete change, about-face
- 肝硬変（かんこうへん） — cirrhosis (of the liver)
- 急変（きゅうへん） — sudden turn, sudden change
- 事変（じへん） — accident, disaster, incident, uprising, emergency
- 政変（せいへん） — political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 相変わらず（あいかわらず） — as usual, as always, as before, as ever, still
- 大変（たいへん） — very, greatly, terribly, awfully
- 地殻変動（ちかくへんどう） — diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)