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

nothing much changes (idiom); always the same / stuck in a rut
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
disastrous turn / tragic event
invariant quantity / invariant (math.)
radical change
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
half-period of a wave motion / alternation
alternating current / same as 交流電|交流电
alternating current (electricity)
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]
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant
fixed price / constant price

Sentences with 变

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