Chinese Character 換 Meanings and components.

Form

換

Meaning

換 meaning[3] in English

To Exchange.

To Change (Clothes Etc).

To Substitute.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 換 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Huan (奐)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QNBK

How to write 換

To write換huan4to exchange you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 奐huan4surname Huan arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 奐 = 換

換 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 換 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 換, looks as follow:

換
Pinyin:huan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Exchange . To Change (Clothes Etc) . To Substitute . To Switch . To Convert (Currency)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
奐
Pinyin:huan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Huan
负
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bear . To Carry (On One'S Back) . To Turn One'S Back On . To Be Defeated . Negative (Math. Etc)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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