Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
日 (にち) – sun
曰 (にち) – sun

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #979 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 取り替える   [とりかえる]
  (v1) to exchange; to replace   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 両替   [りょうがえ]
  (n,vs) change; money exchange   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 替える   [かえる]
  (v1) to exchange; to interchange; to substitute; to replace   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 着替える   [きがえる]
  (v1) to change one's clothes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交替   [こうたい]
  (n,vs) alternation; change; relief; relay; shift   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 為替   [かわせ]
  (n) money order; exchange   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 着替え   [きがえ]
  (n) changing clothes; change of clothes   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 立て替える   [たてかえる]
  (v1) to pay in advance; to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 塗り替える   [ぬりかえる]
  (v1) to repaint   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 入れ替え   [いれかえ]
  (n) replacement; substitution; change   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 替え   [かえ]
  (n) change; alteration; substitute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 替え玉   [かえだま]
  (n) substitute; double   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 切り替え   [きりかえ]
  (n) exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 替わり   [かわり]
  (n) a turn (i.e. at bat); a replacement   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 替わる   [かわる]
  (v5r,vi) to take the place of; to relieve; to be substituted for; to be exchanged; to change places with; to take turns; to be replaced   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引き替え   [ひきかえ]
  (n) on the contrary; on the other hand   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 代替   [だいがえ]
  (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 代替   [だいたい]
  (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 振り替え   [ふりかえ]
  (n) transfer (money); change   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 組み替え   [くみかえ]
  (n,vs) rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 振替   [ふりかえ]
  (n) transfer (money); change   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 為替相場   [かわせそうば]
  exchange rates   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 衣替え   [ころもがえ]
  (n,vs) (1) seasonal change of clothing; changing (one's) dress for the season   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 引替え   [ひきかえ]
  (n) on the contrary; on the other hand   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日替り   [ひがわり]
  (n) daily special (e.g. meal)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日替わり   [ひがわり]
  (n) daily special (e.g. meal)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 着替える   [きかえる]
  (v1) to change one's clothes   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 替 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.