変身

Japanese

Kanji in this term
変	身
へん Grade: 4	しん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese as compound 變身 (MC pˠiᴇn^H ɕiɪn, “change” + “body; self”). Compare modern Mandarin 變身／变身 (biànshēn).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) へんしん [hèńshíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [hẽ̞ɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Noun

変身 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 變身, hiragana へんしん, rōmaji henshin)

transformation of one's appearance
『変身 (へんしん)』
“Henshin”
The Metamorphosis (story by Kafka)

See also

変 (か)わり身 (み) (kawarimi)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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