替
替 — Exchange
exchange, spare, substitute, per-
On’yomiタイ (tai)
Kun’yomiかえる (kaeru)
Kun’yomiかえ- (kae)
Kun’yomiかわる (kawaru)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 替
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 為替 | かわせ kawase | money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign) |
| 代替 | だいたい daitai | substitution; alternative; substitute |
| 為替相場 | かわせそうば kawasesouba | exchange rate; rate of exchange |
| 切り替え | きりかえ kirikae | exchange; conversion; replacement |
| 替え玉 | かえだま kaedama | stand-in; proxy; substitute |
| 振替 | ふりかえ furikae | transfer; switching over; change |
Study notes
替 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #979 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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