改
改 — gae
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 고칠 개
- Romanization
- gae
- English
- change, alter; improve, remodel
- Mandarin
- gǎi
- Japanese on'yomi
- カイ, キ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- あらた.める あらた.まる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #147 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 攴 (66, 3 residual)
- Unicode
- U+6539
Words written with 改
- 개성改姓 성을 바꿈
- 개각改閣 내각을 개편함
- 개춘改春 다시 돌아온 봄
- 개력改曆 역법(曆法)을 고침
- 개차改差 벼슬아치를 갈던 일
- 개폐改廢 고치거나 없애 버림
- 개심改心 잘못된 마음을 바르게 고침
- 개악改惡 고치어 도리어 나빠지게 함
- 개조改組 조직 따위를 고쳐 다시 짬
- 개과改過 잘못이나 허물을 뉘우쳐 고침
- 개사改詞 노랫말을 고치거나 다시 지음
- 재개再改 한 번 고친 것을 다시 고침
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 改
- 改革かいかく reform; reformation; reorganization
- 改正かいせい revision; amendment; alteration
- 改善かいぜん betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
- 改造かいぞう remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction
- 改定かいてい revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
- 改憲かいけん constitutional change; revising the constitution
- 改良かいりょう improvement; reform
- 改選かいせん election (for a seat or position at the end of a term)
- 改めるあらためる to change; to alter; to revise
- 改修かいしゅう repair; improvement
- 改札かいさつ examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
- 改築かいちく structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding
Japanese data from EDRDG KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0)