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换

to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #676 U+6362

How 换 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 奂 (phonetic, huàn)

components: 扌 奂

How to remember it

exchange · Heisig RSH #1325

fingers + Victorian lady

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 奂

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 奂 (huàn) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
奂 sound component huàn numerous; brilliant
唤 huàn to call
焕 huàn shining, lustrous
涣 huàn scattered; to scatter
痪 huàn numbness, paralysis

Words containing 换

WordPinyinMeaning
公用交换电话网 gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng (Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
交换代数学 jiāo huàn dài shù xué (math.) commutative algebra
物物交换 wù wù jiāo huàn barter
反用换流器 fǎn yòng huàn liú qì inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
公共交换电话网 gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng public switched telephone network (PSTN)
交换代数 jiāo huàn dài shù (math.) commutative algebra
浪子回头金不换 làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
交换生 jiāo huàn shēng exchange student
换而言之 huàn ér yán zhī in other words
交换机 jiāo huàn jī switch (telecommunications)
交换网路 jiāo huàn wǎng lù switched network
国家标准中文交换码 guó jiā biāo zhǔn Zhōng wén jiāo huàn mǎ CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
换言之 huàn yán zhī in other words
交换器 jiāo huàn qì (telecom or network) switch
电子数据交换 diàn zǐ shù jù jiāo huàn electronic exchange of data
转换器 zhuǎn huàn qì converter; transducer
离子交换 lí zǐ jiāo huàn ion exchange
换热器 huàn rè qì heat exchanger
分组交换 fēn zǔ jiāo huàn packet switching
交换虚电路 jiāo huàn xū diàn lù Switched Virtual Circuit; SVC