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common

カイ/KAI/    あらた.める/arata.meru/    あらた.まる/arata.maru/KAI/カイ/    arata.meru/あらた.める/    arata.maru/あらた.まる/

reformation;  change;  modify;  mend;  renew;  examine;  inspect;  search

Radical: 己 (oneself).   Strokes: 7画.   Elements: 已攵.   Pinyin: gǎi.   Hangul: 개 [gae].

Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade.   JLPT N2.

Example compounds:
カイKAI改作【かいさくkaisaku】adaptation (of story)
改心【かいしんkaishin】conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
改題【かいだいkaidai】changing a title
あらためるaratameru改める【あらためるaratameru】to change; to reform; to examine; to do properly
悔い改める【くいあらためるkuiaratameru】to repent; to be penitent
言改める【いいあらためるiiaratameru】to correct oneself
あらたまるaratamaru改まる【あらたまるaratamaru】to be renewed; to stand on ceremony; to take a turn for the worse
年改まる【としあらたまるtoshiaratamaru】the New Year dawns
Codepoints and classification codes:
6539–Unicode
18-94–JIS X 0208
1-3-4–SKIP
4i3.1–TKD
1874.0–Four Corner
3566–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1464–Classic Nelson
2332–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
243–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
180–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
528–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
294–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
379–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
691–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13114–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 470
435–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
514–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
359–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
584–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
458–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
475–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
289–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
726–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
933–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
534–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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