変
unusual · change · strange
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
亦 + go slowly
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of also and strike. Changing also.
Symbolism
Change, alteration, transform. Represents changing.
Anime & Manga
変態王子と笑わない猫。
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko(2010)
Story of a mysterious cat granting 'perverted' wishes.
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ポケモン
Pokémon(1996)
Developer: Game Freak
RPG where Pokémon 'transform' (evolve).
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Four-Character Compounds
君子豹変
くんしひょうへん
the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them; the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor; the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances
千変万化
せんぺんばんか
innumerable changes; infinite variety; innumerable changes
天変地異
てんぺんちい
natural disaster; cataclysm; natural disaster
変幻自在
へんげんじざい
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; phantasmagoric
有為転変
ういてんぺん
mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life); mutability (of worldly affairs)
臨機応変
りんきおうへん
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach; adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment
妖怪変化
ようかいへんげ
monstrous apparition; terrifying creature; incomprehensible horror; monstrous apparition
天災地変
てんさいちへん
natural disaster; natural disaster
永久不変
えいきゅうふへん
permanence; forever unchanging; permanence
Poetry
見せばやな 雄島のあまの 袖だにも 濡れにぞ濡れし 色は変はらず
Poem #90 from Hyakunin Isshu