政変

せいへん

Meanings

1. Noun political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état; coup; revolution

Kanji

• 政 government. Read as セイ.
• 変 change. Read as ヘン.

Words containing 政変

• 甲申政変 (こうしんせいへん) Gapsin Coup (failed reformist coup d'état in Korea; 1884)
• 大正政変 (たいしょうせいへん) Taishō Political Crisis (1913)
• 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)

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