改
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to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #604 U+6539
How 改 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand with a stick 攵 disciplining a kneeling child 己
How to remember it
alter · Heisig RSH #517
snake + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 改
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面不改色 | miàn bù gǎi sè | (idiom) not bat an eyelid |
| 改过自新 | gǎi guò zì xīn | to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf |
| 江山易改，本性难移 | jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí | it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom); you can… |
| 知过改过 | zhī guò gǎi guò | to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom) |
| 改水 | gǎi shuǐ | to improve water quality |
| 改学 | gǎi xué | to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university) |
| 改天 | gǎi tiān | another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain ch… |
| 改动 | gǎi dòng | to alter; to modify; to revise |
| 改行 | gǎi háng | to change profession |
| 金改 | jīn gǎi | financial reform (abbr. for 金融改革[jin1 rong2 gai3 ge2]) |
| 改口 | gǎi kǒu | to change one's tune; to modify one's previous remark; to change the way one addresses sb … |
| 改道 | gǎi dào | to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse) |
| 改开 | gǎi kāi | reform and opening up (Chinese policy introduced in 1978) (abbr. for 改革開放|改革开放[gai3 ge2 ka… |
| 改头换面 | gǎi tóu huàn miàn | to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom); (Tw) (non-derog… |
| 改日 | gǎi rì | another day; some other day |
| 改成 | gǎi chéng | to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium) |
| 国家发展和改革委员会 | Guó jiā Fā zhǎn hé Gǎi gé Wěi yuán huì | PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003 |
| 改口费 | gǎi kǒu fèi | a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-l… |
| 改良主义 | gǎi liáng zhǔ yì | reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution) |
| 改名 | gǎi míng | to rename |