| 1471 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1766 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1203 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1150 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 450 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1746 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1869 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 598 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 440 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 334 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 209 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1571 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 6178 | Morohashi |
| 279 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1196 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1557 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1678 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1163 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 姓名 【セイメイ】 (full) name, family name and given name
- 旧姓 【キュウセイ】 one's original family name, maiden name
- 同姓 【ドウセイ】 same surname
- 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- 俗姓 【ゾクショウ】 secular surname (of a priest)
- 小百姓 【コビャクショウ】 peasant, small farmer
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- apellido
Portuguese
- sobrenome
French
- nom de famille
| 1772 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4541.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 59d3 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |