# 替 — Replace

Frequency rank 798 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 折 (Fold), less common than 昨 (Previous).

- On’yomi: たい
- Kun’yomi: か
- Radical: 曰 Say (Kangxi 73)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A husband on top stands over a sun below — the husband replaces the old sun with a new one, swapping day shifts in the sky.

In words:

- 替える かえる — to exchange,to interchange,to substitute,to replace
- 両替 りょうがえ — change,money exchange
- 交替 こうたい — alternation,change,relief,relay,shift

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