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改

JLPT N2 SL4 7 strokes Frequency: #147

Meanings

Reformation, Change, Modify, Mend, Renew, Examine, Inspect, Search

Radicals

攵

Decomposition

⿰己攵

Etymology

Ideographic: A hand with a stick 攵 disciplining a kneeling child 己

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 curve bottom-to-top

4 diagonal right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カイ kai

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あらた arata

Words Using This Kanji

213 words total

Other (20 words)

改築かいちく

structural alteration (of a building)

改廃かいはい

reform and (or) abolition

改訳かいやく

retranslation

経済改革けいざいかいかく

economic reform

憲法改正けんぽうかいせい

constitutional reform

言い改めるいいあらためる

to correct oneself

更改こうかい

renewal

行政改革ぎょうせいかいかく

administrative reform

economic reform

market reform

personal reformation

racial eugenics

political reform

tax reform

an unsettled course of action

the New Year dawns

Counter-Reformation

carriage return

change

to change

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