# 改 — Renew

Frequency rank 379 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 夜 (Night), less common than 種 (Kind).

- On’yomi: かい
- Kun’yomi: あらた
- Radical: 攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Oneself on the left faces winter on the right — you renew yourself for winter, shedding old habits and starting fresh for the cold season.

In words:

- 改める あらためる — to change,to alter,to reform,to revise
- 改めて あらためて — another time,again,over again,anew,formally
- 改まる あらたまる — to be renewed

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