变 (biàn): meaning and stroke order
变 (biàn) means to change, to become different, to transform, to vary, rebellion.
变
- Simplified
- 变
- Traditional
- 變
- Pinyin
- biàn
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Stroke order of 变
变
- biàn to change; to become different
- 8 strokes
- Traditional form: 變
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Meaning of 变
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biàn
Traditional 變
- to change
- to become different
- to transform
- to vary
- rebellion
Radical and structure
- 变
- Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 8 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 变
- 变得 biàn de to become
- 变成 biàn chéng to change into; to turn into
- 转变 zhuǎn biàn to change; to transform
- 改变 gǎi biàn to change; to alter
- 蜕变 tuì biàn to transform; to morph
- 变化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation (CL:個|个[ge4])
- 变暖 biàn nuǎn to become warm
变 in our stories
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小龙一进水，就变大了，飞上了天。
xiǎo lóng yí jìn shuǐ jiù biàn dà le fēi shàng le tiān
As soon as the little dragon touched the water, it grew big and flew up into the sky.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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原来她是田螺变的，看他一个人太辛苦，就来帮他。
yuánlái tā shì tiánluó biàn de kàn tā yí gè rén tài xīnkǔ jiù lái bāng tā
She was the river snail, transformed; she had seen how hard he worked on his own and come to help.
From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4
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这个姑娘其实是白骨精变的，她听说吃了唐僧的肉就能长生不老。
zhè gè gūniang qíshí shì Báigǔjīng biàn de tā tīngshuō chī le Táng Sēng de ròu jiù néng chángshēng bù lǎo
The woman was really the White Bone Demon in disguise: she had heard that eating Tang Seng's flesh would make her immortal.
From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
Stories using 变
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
- Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).