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U+5909, 変
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5909

[U+5908]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+590A]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

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Variant of . Simplified from ()

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 34, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜金竹水 (YCHE), composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5703
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 869, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+5909

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to change; to transform; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Usage notes

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  • The correct form of the simplified character of is (with at the bottom) which is encoded separately. This character (with at the bottom) may be encountered in calligraphic writing.

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. change
  2. strange; odd
  3. (music) used to denote flat accidentals

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC pjenH).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(へん) (hen-na (adnominal (へん) (hen na), adverbial (へん) (hen ni))

  1. strange
    (へん)(ひと)
    hen na hito
    a strange person
    (へん)ことこだわる
    hen na koto ni kodawaru
    to become fixated on the strangest things

Inflection

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Noun

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(へん) (hen

  1. change

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (byeon))

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