to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

= + : In anthill's bathroom the also-ran is sparring with Brunhilde. In her mind she imagines changing into a boxing grizzly bear.

= + : I think 变 does look like a grizzly bear with a beret. 又 is the snout, and the two eyes are the two strokes of 八.

变 character breakdown

also

= + + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: An also-ran, a very exhausted runner.

= + + 丿 : The also-ran arrives very late at the space station's bathroom. In fact she arrives so late that Maud Younger who was waiting for her with a daisy fell asleep on a big cozy beret. The also-ran came so late because she ate many bananas on the way.
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

= + : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

Characters with 变 as component

变 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 变

to defect / to betray / to mutiny
mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
shear (physics)
mutiny / rebellion
to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc
chemical change / chemical transformation
constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
Varying Permeability Model (VPM), (used to calculate decompression schedules in diving)
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
global warming (PRC usage) / written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)

Sentences with 变

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