# 換 — Exchange

Frequency rank 772 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 鳴 (Chirp), less common than 胸 (Chest).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

Fingers on the left reach toward a viking on the right — your fingers grab a viking's goods and the viking grabs yours in an exchange.

In words:

- 換える かえる — to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace
- 換気 かんき — ventilation
- 換算 かんさん — conversion;change;exchange

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