Kanji

Level: N2 Strokes: 7

改

Meaning in English

reformation, change, modify

Readings

Onyomi: カイ Kunyomi: あらた.める, あらた.まる Romaji: kai / arata.meru, arata.maru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

改

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese reforma, mudança, modificar

Spanish reforma, cambio, modificación

Korean 개혁, 변화, 수정

French réforme, changement, modifier

Italian riforma, cambiamento, modificare

German Reformation, Veränderung, Modifizierung

Indonesian reformasi, perubahan, modifikasi

★ Vietnamese cải cách, thay đổi, sửa đổi

Thai การปฏิรูป การเปลี่ยนแปลง การปรับเปลี่ยน

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 攻 kou / se.meru aggression, attack, criticize N3 放 hou / hana.su, -ppana.shi, hana.tsu, hana.reru, ko.ku, hou.ru set free, release, fire N3 政 sei, shou / matsurigoto, man politics, government, politique N1 故 ko / yue, furu.i, moto happenstance, especially, intentionally N1 敏 bin / satoi cleverness, agile, alert N4 教 kyou / oshi.eru, oso.waru teach, faith, doctrine N3 敗 hai / yabu.reru failure, defeat, reversal N1 救 kyuu / suku.u salvation, save, help N3 散 san / chi.ru, chi.rasu, -chi.rasu, chi.rakasu, chi.rakaru, chi.rabaru, bara, bara.keru scatter, disperse, spend

Word

Words with this kanji

N1 改悪 kaiaku deterioration, changing for the worse N1 改革 kaikaku reform, reformation, innovation N1 改修 kaishuu repair, improvement N1 改定 kaitei reform N1 改訂 kaitei revision N1 改良 kairyou improvement, reform N1 改まる aratamaru to be renewed; to be formal N2 改めて aratamete another time, again N2 改める aratameru to change, to reform, to revise