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变

biàn

change

Simplified form of 變. Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components
䜌 sound,simplified component

䜌  Sound Simplified component

luán

  

tie together

又 meaning,simplified component

又  Meaning Simplified component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 夂 component in the traditional character 變. 夂 is a component form of 止.

Evolution

变 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
变 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
变 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
变 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
变 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

变 (變) 

biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel; to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion

Most common words with 变
Freq.
Word
Meaning

变

to change

改变

to change

变成

to change into

变化

change

变得

to become

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 93.3526% of movies

262nd most common character in movies

225th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

變

Unicode

U+53D8


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