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改

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 379 / 2,608

Renew

On’yomi
かい
Kun’yomi
あらた
Radical
攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)

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

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

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 reviseN2
改めて あらためて another time,again,over again,anew,formallyN2
改まる あらたまる to be renewedN1

改 is rank 379 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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