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転 means 'roll'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 383   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-7    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 12    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 165 words   Used in 462 words   Used in 59 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   テン
Kun
   ころがる to roll (intr.)   ころがす to roll (tr.)   ころげる to roll about   ころぶ to fall over
Additional readings
Kun    うたた   まろぶ   うつる   くるめく
Variants
转 (Chinese)   轉  
Components
⿰  車 car  云 say  
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專 (専) entirely  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 転 is used 22 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 転 is used 443 times, read 4 ways (with 2 variations).
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テン : 405 words FIND ALL
じ て ん し ゃ 2 じ て ん し ゃ 0
noun
bicycle
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テン (read as でん) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
turning evil into good through indoctrination; following the teachings of Buddha to turn the world's evil into good  (Buddhist term)
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ころがる : 31 words FIND ALL
こ ろ ぶ 0
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to fall down; to fall over
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まろぶ : 2 words FIND ALL
こ け つ ま ろ び つ 2
expression, adverb
(hurrying along) falling and stumbling; falling all over oneself  (often written with kana only)
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ころがる (read as ごろ) : 1 word FIND ALL
う た た ね 0
Most common form: ごろ寝
dozing; napping (e.g. on the floor in one's clothes, in the train)
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くるめく : 1 word FIND ALL
く る め く 3
Most common form: 眩く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to spin; to revolve; to twirl  (archaic)
2. to be dizzy; to feel faint
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Additional less common words include 転 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 375 (originally: 354)  Joy o' Kanji : 354  Key to Kanji: 780 

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転
テン   ころがる to roll (intr.)   ころがす to roll (tr.)   ころげる to roll about   ころぶ to fall over   
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云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
車
シャ   くるま car   
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