noun

  1. unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
異変 いへん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

uncommon, different, queerness
イ こと け (6th, N1)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
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)