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変
Readings
へん
hen
English
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy
NA-adjective/adjectival noun (keiyodoshi)
unexpected
Noun (futsuumeishi)
change
Noun (futsuumeishi)
incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency
Noun, used as a prefix
See also: 嬰
See also: 変ロ短調
Music term
flat
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Kanjis
変 ON: ヘン KUN: か.わる, か.わり, か.える
unusual, change, strange

Stroke: 9 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-2-7 FC: 0024.4


Phrases
そのオレンジは後味が変だった。
Parts: 其の (その) オレンジ 後味 (あとあじ) 変 (へん)
The orange left a strange taste in my mouth.