# 転 roll over

車 (car) + 云 (twin decapited cows)
★★★☆☆
11 strokes

## Onyomi

TEN |

## Mnemonic

| The car rolled over the twin cows TEN times, decapitating them.

## Kunyomi

( が ) ころ＊がる | something tumbles ★★★☆☆
( が ) ころ＊ぶ | something rolls over; something turns over 1/2 KANA ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

自転車(じてんしゃ) | bicycle ★★★★★ 自 (my own) + 転 (roll over) + 車 (car) = 自転車 (bicycle)
運転(うんてん) する | drive a vehicle ★★★★☆ 運 (carry / luck) + 転 (roll over) = 運転 (drive a vehicle)
転向(てんこう) | do an about-face ★★★☆☆ CCW 転 (roll over) + 向 (turn to face) = 転向 (do an about-face) convert to new ideology, do an about-face. This is important because most of the freaky looking kids you see on the street will all become housewives and salarimen the exact second they turn ２3. - making TENKOU what we call a "cultural code word."
転勤(てんきん) | transfer ☆☆☆☆☆ 転 (roll over) + 勤 (be employed at) = 転勤 (transfer) when a salariman gets transferred to another office, that's tenkin. I only mention this because most of the Japanese you meet who speak good English, probably one of their parents got tenkin-ed to America / UK, so it tends to come up in conversation.

## Synonyms

convert, do about-face 転換 転向
drive or ride 搭乗 乗る 運転する
transfer or shift 転勤 移す