変わり絵 かわりえ Also written 変り絵, 替わり絵, 替り絵 Meanings Noun picture that changes as one folds or cuts it (e.g. from a picture of a smiling man to a man with a frown) Kanji 変 change. Read as かわり. 絵 picture. Read as エ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists