へん
変

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

  1. strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy.
  2. unexpected.

noun

  1. change.
  2. incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency.

noun used as a prefix

Music term.
  1. flat.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
へん
変
 変 へん ✔
へん
變
 變 へん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

unusual, change, strange
ヘン　か.わる (4th, N3)
also, again
また　エキ　ヤク (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)