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

Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade.   JLPT N2.

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