換 — interchange, period, change

かえる換 interchange

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+63DB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #687 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1122 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

interchange
period
change
convert
replace
renew

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

換(か) える kaeru to exchange 置(お) き換(か) える okikaeru to replace 言(い) い換(か) える iikaeru to rephrase 乗(の) り換(か) える norikaeru to transfer 書(か) き換(か) える kakikaeru to rewrite 買(か) い換(か) える kaikaeru to replace by buying new 乗(の) り換(か) え norikae transfer

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

交(こう) 換(かん) koukan exchange 転(てん) 換(かん) tenkan conversion 変(へん) 換(かん) henkan conversion 互(ご) 換(かん) gokan compatibility 換(かん) 算(さん) kansan conversion 換(かん) 気(き) kanki ventilation 換(かん) 金(きん) kankin conversion to cash

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

奐 bright

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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