• 変へん — strange / odd
• 変化へんか — change / variation
• 変更へんこう — modification / alteration
• 変人へんじん — eccentric person
• 大変たいへん — serious / very / terrible
• 変身へんしん — transformation (e.g., disguise)

変 combines the radical 夂 (go, winter radical) with the phonetic ⺆ and 又 components. It originally implied switching or returning. In modern usage, it strongly suggests alteration or deviation, and appears often in contexts of change — both physical and abstract.

彼かれの意見いけんは 少すこし変へんです。
His opinion is a little strange.

天気てんきが 変かわりました。
The weather has changed.

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