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替

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 798 / 2,608

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On’yomi
たい
Kun’yomi
か
Radical
曰 Say (Kangxi 73)

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

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

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 replaceN3
両替 りょうがえ change,money exchangeN3
交替 こうたい alternation,change,relief,relay,shiftN2

替 is rank 798 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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