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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |