| 509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5703 | Morohashi |
| 2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 0040.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5909 | Unicode hex code |
butterfly
- On:
- チョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2011 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蝶 【チョウ】 butterfly
- 蝶々 【チョウチョウ】 butterfly
- 太陽蝶 【タイヨウチョウ】 sunset morpho (butterfly, Morpho hecuba)
- 猪鹿蝶 【イノシカチョウ】 the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld), inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeob
Spanish
- mariposa
Portuguese
French
- papillon
| 4171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1970 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2495 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2236 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1772 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 527 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 33333 | Morohashi |
| 1401 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5363 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 521 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 560 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 6d9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 5419.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8776 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 鮫 【さめ】 shark
- 鮫皮 【さめがわ】 shagreen (from a shark or stingray), sharkskin, shark leather
- 藪雨 【やぶさめ】 Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- tiburón
Portuguese
French
| 5294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2354 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 46127 | Morohashi |
| 6863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2821 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2836 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 11a6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-6 | SKIP code |
| 2034.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9bab | Unicode hex code |