# 換 exchange

(handleft) + (fishhook) + 四 (the numeral 4) + 大 (big)
★★★★☆
12 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

KAN |

## Mnemonic

| I CAN exchange my hand for four big fish hooks (FYI I am some kind of rejected Bond villain)

## Kunyomi

か＊える | exchange (yen for euros) change (diapers / a broken heel on your pumps) Unlike the other かえる　(替える）、 換える means you are exchanging something for a similar or identical thing ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

交換(こうかん) する | exchange ★★★★☆ 交 (combine) + 換 (exchange) = 交換 (exchange) swap, exchange (Japanese/English language exchange, for instance)
に 乗り換える(のりかえる) | transfer ★★★★☆ 乗 (ride a vehicle) + 換 (exchange) = 乗り換える (transfer) to transfer buses/ trains.
換気(かんき) | ventilation ★★☆☆☆ 換 (exchange) + 気 (mood) = 換気 (ventilation) What Japanese bathrooms never have.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
換 | exchange | HANDS | 手
喚 | exclaim | MOUTH | 口

You exchange stuff with your HANDS,

but you exclaim with your MOUTH.

## Synonyms

convert, do about-face 転換 転向
exchange 替える 換える 代える
to switch 代わる 替わる 換わる