Kanji: 改

    • Meaning : reformation,change,modify,mend,renew,examine,inspect,search
    • ON reading : カイ
    • KUN reading : あらた.める,あらた.まる
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 7
    • Frequency of use ranking : 147
    • Jouyou grade level : 4
    • JLPT : 2
    • Radical : 己 巳 已

Words containing that kanji:


  • - だいかいてい - major revision
  • - きょうせいかいぎょう - forced page break
  • - かいていりれき - revision history
  • - かいぎょうもじ - newline character
  • | ページ - かいページ - repagination/new page/form feed/page break
  • - かいはんりゆう - reason for revision/reason for modification
  • ざん - かいざんけんしゅつ - manipulation detection
  • - かいはんかんり - revision management
  • ネットワーク - ネットワークかいぞう - network restructuring
  • - かいあく - deterioration/changing for the worse
  • - かいかくかてい - reform process
  • - かいさつ - examination of tickets | ticket gate/ticket barrier
  • - かいしゅう - repair/improvement
  • - かいせい - changing one's family name
  • - かいぜん - betterment/improvement/incremental and continuous improvement
  • - かいぞう - remodeling/remodelling/restructuring | modding
  • - かいてい - reform
  • - かいはい - change/reorganization/reorganisation
  • - かいめい - name change
  • - かいれき - calendar revision (e.g. at start of year)
  • まる | まる - あらたまる - to be renewed | to stand on ceremony/to be formal | to take a turn for the worse
  • - かいいん - changing seals
  • - かいけん - constitutional change
  • - かいさつぐち - ticket barrier (gate)/wicket
  • - かいしょう - renaming/retitling
  • - かいせい - revision/amendment/alteration
  • - かいそ - reorganization/reorganisation
  • - かいだい - changing a title
  • - かいていばん - revised version
  • - かいはん - revision/revised edition
  • - かいやく - retranslation/revision
  • | ざん - かいざん - alteration/falsification/faking
  • める | める | める - あらためる - to change/to alter/to revise/to replace | to reform/to correct/to mend/to improve | to examine/to check/to inspect | to do properly/to do formally
  • - かいかくあん - reform proposal
  • - かいさく - adaptation (of story)
  • - かいしゅう - conversion
  • - かいしん - reformation
  • - かいせん - re-election
  • - かいそう - remodelling/remodeling/reorganization/reorganisation
  • - かいちゅう - reminting/recasting
  • - かいていばん - revised edition
  • - かいへん - reorganization/reorganisation
  • - かいりょうてん - point(s) for improvement
  • める | める - くいあらためる - to repent/to be penitent
  • めて - あらためて - another time/again/over again/anew/formally
  • - かいかく - reform/reformation/innovation
  • - かいぎょう - line feed/LF
  • - かいさつはさみ - ticket punch
  • - かいしん - conversion/reform
  • - かいせいあん - reform bill/reform proposal
  • - かいそう - reburial
  • - かいちく - structural alteration of building/reconstruction
  • - かいてい - revision
  • - かいへん - change/innovation/transformation
  • - かいりょう - improvement/reform
  • - けいざいかいかく - economic reform
  • する - けんぽうをかいせいする - to revise the constitution/to amend the constitution
  • める | める - いいあらためる - to correct oneself
  • - けんぽうかいせい - constitutional reform/constitutional amendment
  • - こうかい - renewal/renovation/reform
  • - ぎょうせいかいかく - administrative reform
  • - ざいせいかいかく - economic reform/fiscal reform
  • - しじょうかいかく - market reform
  • - かいかじしん - changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start/turning over a new leaf
  • - しゅうかい - personal reformation
  • - かいせいげんこせき - original source of re-established family register/old family register
  • - かいせい - re-drawing up (of family register)/re-establishment
  • - かんせいのかいかく - Kansei Reforms (series of conservative government measures, 1787-1793 CE)
  • - じんしゅかいりょう - racial eugenics
  • - せいじかいかく - political reform
  • - ぜいせいかいかく - tax reform
  • - てんぽうのかいかく - Tempo Reforms (series of goverment measures, 1841-1843 CE)
  • ちてめざるちという | ちてめざるちとう | ちてめざるこれをちという - あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという - to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
  • - かいしゃくかいけん - effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution/reinterpretation of the constitution
  • - ちょうれいぼかい - an unsettled course of action/(orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
  • まる - としあらたまる - the New Year dawns
  • - はんしゅうきょうかいかく - Counter-Reformation
  • - かいりょうがた - improved version | variant (of a pathogen)
  • - ふっかい - carriage return/return (LF+CR)
  • - へんかい - revise (rules)
  • - しんたいかいぞう - body modification
  • - かんけいかいぜん - improvement of relations/rapprochement
  • - みかいしんしゃ - unconverted person
  • めて - ひをあらためて - another day/some other day
  • - きょうほうのかいかく - Kyoho Reforms
  • - ぞうほかいてい - revising (and supplementing)
  • ちてはむるにることれ - あやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ - do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs
  • - きせいかいかく - regulatory reform
  • - ぞうほかいていばん - enlarged and revised edition
  • - こよみかいせい - calendar reform
  • - れきほうのかいせい - calendar reform
  • - きせいかいかくたんとうだいじん - State Minister in Charge of Regulatory Reform
  • - ぞうかいちく - extension and structural alteration of building
  • む - あらたむ - to revise/to change
  • - かいあん - revision/modified plan
  • - かいりょうしゅ - improved strain/improved breed
  • - かいえき - change of rank
  • - そうしかいめい - the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
  • - かいぜんてん - points of improvement
  • め - あらため - former (e.g. name)/previous/changed
  • | - かいしゅん - repentance/contrition
  • - かい - revision
  • める - かきあらためる - to rewrite/to adapt (e.g. a novel)
  • - しゅうきょうかいかく - the Reformation
  • | - たいかかいしん | たいかのかいしん - Taika Reform of 645CE
  • - とちかいかく - land reform
  • - とちかいりょう - land improvement
  • め - しゅうもんあらため - (defunct, Japanese) religious census
  • - ないかくかいぞう - cabinet reshuffle/cabinet shake-up
  • - ぎょうむかいぜんめいれい - business improvement order
  • - こうぞうかいかく - restructuring
  • - しほうかいかく - judicial reform
  • - ぎんこうかいかく - banking reform
  • - けいきかいぜんさく - economy recovery plan
  • - みんしゅかいかく - democratic reform
  • - かいせいほう - revised law
  • - かいかくは - reformist
  • - きんゆうかいかく - financial reform
  • - けいやくこうかい - contract renewal
  • - こうぞうかいかくろん - structural reform theory
  • - かいかくはきょうかい - Reformed Churches
  • - たいしつかいぜん - improvement of one's constitution/reformation
  • | | - かいき - sea air/sea breeze | ocean and atmosphere | type of thin thread/textile type
  • め | め - くいあらため - repentance
  • - きこうかいかく - reorganization/reorganisation/structural reform
  • - かいかくしゃ - reformer
  • - かいしんとう - a progressive party
  • - かいげん - change of era
  • - かいていぞうほ - revised and enlarged (edition)
  • - かいごう - change of name or title/change of era
  • - かいご - repentance
  • - ひんしゅかいりょう - selective breeding
  • - かいりょうしゅぎ - reformism
  • - かいしん - bringing up to date/progress
  • - ほうかいせい - change in the law/legal reform
  • めて - ことあらためて - anew
  • - のうちかいかく - agrarian reform
  • - たいぐうかいぜん - improvement of labor conditions (labour)
  • - じどうかいさつき - automatic turnstile (ticket gate)
  • - かいさつがかり - ticket examiner (collector, inspector) (in a railroad station)
  • - かいりょうひん - improved product
  • - かいぞうしゃ - remodeled car/remodelled car/hot rod
  • - しゃないかいさつ - inspection of tickets in the car (carriage)
  • - かいしゅうこうじ - repair work
  • まった - あらたまった - ceremonious/formal
  • ぶ - かいかくをさけぶ - to cry loudly for a reform
  • - かいしゅうしゃ | かいそうしゃ - a convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
  • ちをめる - あやまちをあらためる - to correct a fault
  • - きょういくかいかく - educational reform
  • める - ぎょうをあらためる - to start a new paragraph
  • - そしきかいかく - organizational change/organisational change/organizational reform
  • む - ようをあらたむ - to change one's appearance
  • 稿める - こうをあらためる - to rewrite a manuscript
  • める - きっぷをあらためる - to examine tickets
  • める - しょうをあらためる - to begin a new chapter
  • める - はんをあらためる - to revise an edition