Entry
  1. V2m S, Transitive verb

    to change; to alter; to revise; to replace

    Archaicsee 改める

    過ちを改むるにはばかることなかれ。
    It's never too late to make amends.
  2. to examine; to check; to inspect

    Archaicsee 改める

Also written 革む【あらたむ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search

Kun
あらた.めるあらた.まる
On
カイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
147 of 2500
Radical
rap
WaniKani
Level 19

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
4i3.1The Kanji Dictionary
1874.0Four corner code
3566deroo
6539Unicode hex code
1-18-94JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1464Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2332New Nelson (John Haig)
243New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
287Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
180Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
216Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
528Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
567Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
294A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
379Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
691Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13114Morohashi
435A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
514Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
523Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
359sakade
584Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
458henshall3
475Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
289crowley
726Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
933Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
534Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gai3Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level