to change (变化, 改变); to become (变成); unexpected event (事变, 政变)
变 is to change — becoming something new, or suddenly not.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
Limited whole-shape lesson: the reduced top (a shortened 亦-form from the traditional 變) and the hand piece 又 below are described rather than shown as a pretend split; the header says the formation was originally 形声, with the older sound piece reduced away.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to change (变化, 改变); to become (变成); unexpected event (事变, 政变)
变 is to change — becoming something new, or suddenly not.
Limited whole-shape lesson: the reduced top (a shortened 亦-form from the traditional 變) and the hand piece 又 below are described rather than shown as a pretend split; the header says the formation was originally 形声, with the older sound piece reduced away.
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