Kanji: 転

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	車 Radical name: くるま
Meaning:	Revolve, turn around, change
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 350 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	自転車(じてんしゃ)	Bicycle
N4	運転(うんてん)する	to drive
N4	運転手(うんてんしゅ)	driver
N3	運転(うんてん)	operation, motion, driving
N3	転(ころ)ぶ	to fall down, to fall over
N2	移転(いてん)	moving, transfer, demise
N2	回転(かいてん)	rotation, revolution, turning
N2	転(ころ)がす	to roll
N2	転(ころ)がる	to roll, to tumble
N2	転々(てんてん)	rolling about, moving from place to place, being passed around repeatedly
N1	逆転(ぎゃくてん)	(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around, coming from behind (baseball)
N1	自転(じてん)	rotation, spin
N1	転回(てんかい)	revolution, rotation
N1	転換(てんかん)	convert, divert
N1	転居(てんきょ)	moving, changing residence
N1	転勤(てんきん)	transfer, transmission
N1	転校(てんこう)	change schools
N1	転(てん)じる	to turn, to shift, to alter, to distract
N1	転任(てんにん)	change of post
N1	転落(てんらく)	fall, degradation, slump