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転

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Travel and movement

転 Revolve, Turn Around, Change

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

てん

Mostly used when 転 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

ころがる、ころげる、ころがす、ころぶ、まろぶ、うたた、うつる、くるめく

Mostly used when 転 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 3
Frequency
#327

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).