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 develop / to evolve / development / evolution
pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
gradual change / (graphic design) gradient
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
to do whatever is expedient
catastrophe / cataclysmic change
catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
contingency theory (theory of leadership)
mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion
seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances

Sentences with 变

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