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exchange

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingタイ

Kun readingか.える、か.え-、か.わる

JLPT level: N2 Jōyō Grade 8

Meanings

exchangeRtK
彼は銀行に行き両替した。He went to the bank and changed his money.tatoeba
仏花を立て替える。Change the bukka (flowers for the Buddha).wiki
spare
substitute
per-

to replace
to convert
to change
to exchange
to interchange

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical曰say

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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husband · sun (日) · day (日) · tongue wagging

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 905

Compound words

取り替えるとりかえる

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to trade; to replace

替えるかえる

to replace; to convert; to change; to exchange; to interchange

為替かわせ

money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)

着替えきがえ

changing clothes; change of clothes

切り替えるきりかえる

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

替えかえ

change; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement

両替りょうがえ

change; money exchange

代替だいたい

substitution; alternative; substitute

振替ふりかえ

transfer; switching over; change; money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person); postal transfer

替え玉かえだま

stand-in; proxy; substitute; double; ringer

替わるかわる

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for

衣替えころもがえ

seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign

為替相場かわせそうば

exchange rate; rate of exchange

組み替えくみかえ

rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification

着替えるきがえる

to change (one's clothes)

切り替えきりかえ

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

日替わりひがわり

changing every day

入れ替えいれかえ

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

塗り替えるぬりかえる

to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record)

立て替えるたてかえる

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf

並び替えるならびかえる

to reorganize; to rearrange; to put (things) in order

annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds

On Reading Examples

代替案を現在検討中です。だいたい

An option is now under consideration.tatoeba

切符を申し込まれる際は代替日もご指定ください。だいたい

When applying for tickets, please give alternative dates.tatoeba

Additional Examples

そろそろ衣替えしなくちゃ。

I need to start changing my outfit for the new season.tatoeba

彼の愛と取り替えられるものは何もなかった。

Nothing replaced his love.tatoeba

彼に両替を頼んだらしてくれた。

He accommodated me when I asked him for change.tatoeba

樒・仏花を立て替える。

Change the shikimi (Japanese star anise) and bukka.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 替

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