Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

979 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: exchange, spare, substitute, per-

Kunyomi: か.える か.え- か.わる

Onyomi: タイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: say

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

物(だいたいぶつ)   substitute [n.]

する(こうたいする)   alternate, take turns

える(かえる)   exchange, replace [v.t.]

え玉(かえだま)   substitute, double [n.]

(りょうがえ)   change, money exchange

える(きがえる)   change one's clothes

取りえる(とりかえる)   exchange, replace

わる(かわる)   be replaced [v.i.]

*為(かわせ)   money order

Onyomi Examples

イタイ changing (person in charge, etc.), shifting

スイタイ weakening, declining

Kunyomi Examples

換える かえる to replace, to exchange, to interchange, to substitute

わる かわる to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch