漢字城 Kanji Fortress

転 turn

Also: roll

On'yomi
テン
Kun'yomi
ころ-がる、ころ-げる
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): ころ-がる.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
転 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

The car (車) skids and, as people say (云) afterwards, it rolled right over — wheels turn, things tumble.

A common word

  • 運転 うんてん driving

Example sentences

  • まいにち、じてんしゃでかいしゃへいきます。

    I go to the office by bicycle every day.

  • ぼーるがみちにころがりました。

    The ball rolled into the road.

Kanji that share a part

車 is its radical. 20 kanji share it in all.

  • 軽 light (weight)
  • 連 take along N3
  • 軍 army N2
  • 庫 warehouse N2
  • 軟 soft N2
  • 較 compare N2
  • 撃 attack N2
  • 輪 wheel N2

云 is a component.