変化

See also: 變化 and 变化

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4

Grade: 3
on’yomi

(hen, to change) + (ka, to change into)

Pronunciation

Noun

変化 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化, hiragana へんか, rōmaji henka, historical hiragana へんくわ)

  1. change in society, climate, or condition, transformation, variety
  2. variation
  3. declension
  4. (sumo) a step to one side during the tachiai, the initial charge at the start of a sumo match; a sidestep
Derived terms
  •  (へん) () (きゅう) (henkakyū): (baseball) ball with a change of speed
  •  (へん) () (けい) (henkakei): variation
  • 格変化 (かくへんか) (kakuhenka): (linguistics) declension; change of case
  • 大変化 (だいへんか) (daihenka): major change
  • 音変化 (おとぺんか) (otopenka): change in sound
  • 相変化型光 (そうへんかがたひかり)ディスク (sōhenka-gata hikari-disuku): (computing) phase change optical disk
  •  () () (へん) () (ido henka): latitude variation
  • 化学変化 (かがくへんか) (kagaku henka): chemical change
  • 可逆変化 (かぎゃくへんか) (kagyaku henka): reversible change
  •  (かん) (きょう) (へん) () (kankyō henka): environmental change
  •  (けい) (ねん) (へん) () (keinen henka): change over the years
  •  (こう) (ぞう) (へん) () (kōzō henka): structural change
  •  () (けい) (へん) () (gokei henka): (linguistics) inflection of words
  •  () () (へん) () (gobi henka): inflection
  • 弱変化 (じゃくへんか) (jakuhenka): weak declension
  •  (きょう) (へん) () (kyōhenka): strong declension
  •  (こん) (ごう) (へん) () (kongōhenka): mixed declension
  • 状態変化 (じょうたいへんか) (jōtai henka): (computing) state change
  •  ()ゼロ復帰変化記録 (ふっきへんかきろく) (hi-zero fukki henka kiroku): non-return-to-zero recording

Verb

変化する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化する, hiragana へんかする, rōmaji henka suru)

  1. to change, to vary
     () (こう) (へん) ()した。
    Kikō ga henkashita.
    The climate has changed.
Conjugation
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
へん
Grade: 4
け > げ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

(hen, abnormal) + (ke, change oneself into)

Pronunciation

Noun

変化 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變化, hiragana へんげ, rōmaji henge)

  1. goblin, ghost; an apparition
Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.