Word Meaning 政変

せいへん seihen

政変 is read as せいへん (seihen) and means political disturbance.

Meaning

English

  1. political disturbance
  2. political change
  3. change of government
  4. political upheaval
  5. overthrowing of a government
  6. coup d'état
  7. coup
  8. revolution

Reading

Kana

せいへん

Romaji

seihen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 11387 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

明治十四年の政変

めいじじゅうよねんのせいへん

ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)

大正政変

たいしょうせいへん

Taishō Political Crisis (1913)

甲申政変

こうしんせいへん

Gapsin Coup (failed reformist coup d'état in Korea; 1884)

せい

rule

政治

せいじ

politics

政界

せいかい

(world of) politics

政治家

せいじか

politician

政権

せいけん

(political) administration

政局

せいきょく

political situation

政経

せいけい

politics and economics

政務次官

せいむじかん

deputy minister

政務

せいむ

government affairs