漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
改: reformation, change
Also: modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 己 gives the sound
7 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
カイkai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 改革するかいかくするreform
- 改良するかいりょうするimprove
- 改正するかいせいするrevise (e.g. law)
- 改築するかいちくするrebuild, reconstruct
- 改善するかいぜんするimprove
- 改行するかいぎょうするstart a new line or paragraph
- 改札口かいさつぐちticket gate
あらためるaratameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 改めるあらためるrevise, change [v.t.]
あらたまるaratamaru · kun'yomi
- 改まるあらたまるbecome formal, be renewed [v.i.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)巳 (sound) + 攴 (meaning)
In the oracle bone script, a phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 巳 + semantic 攴.
Source: Wiktionary, 改 (rev. 91409279), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Self (己) + strike (攵). To "strike" one's own habits or old ways with a stick of discipline to "reform" and become better.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 己 family reads キ (ki); 改 is read カイ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gǎi
Same form: 改 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 改 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 改 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gǎi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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