Kanji N2

換: interchange, period, change

換 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning interchange, period, change, written with 12 strokes. It is read カン (on) and かえる, かわる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 交換 (こうかん, exchange) and 換気 (かんき, ventilation).

換

Meanings

  • interchange
  • period
  • change
  • convert
  • replace
  • renew
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#687 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かえる
  • -かえる
  • かわる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 換

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 交換こうかん

    exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity

    JLPT N3
  • 換気かんき

    ventilation

    JLPT N2
  • 乗換のりかえ

    transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change

    JLPT N2
  • 転換てんかん

    conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation

    JLPT N1
  • 換算かんさん

    conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change

    JLPT N1
  • 互換ごかん

    interchange

  • 換金かんきん

    realization (of goods into money)

  • 変換へんかん

    change; conversion; transformation

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.