Chinese Character Wiki
改

gǎi

change

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.

Components
己 sound component

己  Sound component

jǐ

  

self

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

改 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
改 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
改 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
改 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
改 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

改  

gǎi

change, alter; improve, remodel; to change; to alter; to transform; to correct

Most common words with 改
Freq.
Word
Meaning

改变

to change

改

to change

改革

reform

改善

to make better

改造

to transform

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qˤəʔ

kojX

gǎi

change (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 73.1860% of movies

520th most common character in movies

350th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6539

Shuowen

“改，更也。从攴、己。”


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