Kanji 替: "exchange, spare, substitute"

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 替

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

• 着き替がえるto change (one's clothes)
• 着き替がえchanging clothes; change of clothes
• 切きり替かえるto change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
• 入いれ替かわるto change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed · to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
• 替かえるto replace; to convert; to change · to exchange; to interchange; to renew
• 入いれ替かえるto replace; to substitute; to switch; to change · to move (something); to transfer
• 切きり替かわるto change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
• 替かわるto succeed; to relieve; to replace · to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent
• 替かえchange; alteration · substitute; spare; replacement; change (e.g. of clothes)
• 入いれ替かわりsubstitution; replacement; shifting; change
• 切きり替かえexchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to)
• 取とり替かえるto exchange; to swap; to barter; to trade · to replace; to substitute

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