Memory phrase for the character: 換

換

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Meaning

exchange, convert

Pronunciation

 KAN
kaeru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: (only as radical) birth 奐 (from top: head of a woman ⺈, upper part of body 内 with emphasized breasts, spread legs 大 (cf.: to cry/shout 喚)

Mnemonic
 
A hand at the birth made that the babies were exchanged.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
⺈ kneeling person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

乗り換える のりかえる  to transfer (trains), to change (bus, train)
置換 ちかん  substitution, replacement, permutation, Replacement
乗換 のりかえ  (n) transfer (trains, buses, etc.)
交換 こうかん  exchange, interchange, substitution
換える かえる  to exchange, to interchange, to substitute, to replace
換気 かんき  ventilation
換算 かんさん  conversion, change, exchange
転換 てんかん  convert, divert

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