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換 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
か(える)・-か(える)・か(わる)ka(eru) · ka(eru) · ka(waru)
Meaning
exchange; replace

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 奐 "to change": to change over by hand — to exchange.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan換気かんき換算かんさん交換こうかん
Kunかえるkaeru換えるかえる

Compare: 代える・替える・変える

Kunかわるkawaru換わるかわる

Compare: 代わる・替わる・変わる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 交換こうかん

    exchange

  • 換気かんき

    ventilation

More words with this kanji

  • 兌換だかん
  • 兌換紙幣だかんしへい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちと本(ほん)を交換(こうかん)した。

I exchanged books with my friend.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

交換換気換交to cro…気spirit抑hold…択choose抽extrac…拘arrest掛hang甲armour肝liver冠crown勘intuit…貫pierce
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading カンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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