Kanji 換: "interchange, period, change"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 換

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 交こう換かんexchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity
• 引ひき換かえexchange; conversion
• 転てん換かんconversion; diversion; changeover; commutation
• 変へん換かんchange; conversion; transformation · transformation
• 気き分ぶん転てん換かんchange of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
• 言いい換かえるto say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword
• 書かき換かえるto rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
• 乗のり換かえるto transfer (trains); to change (bus, train) · to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
• 置おき換かえるto move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange · to replace; to exchange; to switch; to change
• 方ほう向こう転てん換かんchange of course
• 情じょう報ほう交こう換かんexchange of information
• 換かん金きんrealization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation

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