Memory phrase for the character: 替

替

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Meaning

exchange, substitute

Pronunciation

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kaeru/waru

Explanation

 Top: 2 x husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一), below: sun 日

Mnemonic
 
Two husbands are during sunshine (= during good times) exchangeable.

Radicals

夫 husbandLike a big 大 person with another pair of arms, as caring arms.
日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
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 Vocabulary

両替 りょうがえ  money exchange
交替 こうたい  alternation, change, relay, shift
切替 きりかえ  exchange, conversion, replacement, switchover
取り替え とりかえ  swap, exchange
取り替える とりかえる  to exchange, to replace
替える かえる  to exchange, to interchange, to substitute, to replace
為替 かわせ  money order, exchange
着替え きがえ  changing clothes, change of clothes
着替える きがえる  to change one's clothes

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