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