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gǎi

to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel

💡 Ideographic: A hand with a stick 攵 disciplining a kneeling child 己
HSK 4 7 strokes Very Common (4%)
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己
jǐ
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
攵
pū
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
⿰己攵 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

jǐ
己
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
📷 Pictographic: A loom woven with thread
3 strokes HSK 3
pū
攵
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
📷 Pictographic: A fist made with one's right hand
4 strokes

Words Using 改 (119)

gǎibiàn
改变 ↗
HSK 4
to change / to alter / to transform
gǎishàn
改善 ↗
HSK 5
to make better / to improve / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
xiūgǎi
修改 ↗
HSK 5
to amend / to alter / to modify
gǎigé
改革 ↗
HSK 5
reform / CL:[[次<cì>]], [[種|种<zhǒng>]], [[項|项<xiàng>]] / to reform
gǎizhèng
改正 ↗
HSK 5
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
gǎijìn
改进 ↗
HSK 5
to improve / to make better / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
gǎiliáng
改良 ↗
HSK 6
to improve
gǎi
改 ↗
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
gǎitiān
改天 ↗
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
gǎizào
改造 ↗
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
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