换 (huàn): meaning and stroke order

换 (huàn) means to exchange, to change (clothes etc), to substitute, to switch, to convert (currency).

换

Simplified: 换
Traditional: 換
Pinyin: huàn

Stroke order of 换

换

huàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc)
10 strokes
Traditional form: 換

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 换

huàn Traditional 換
- to exchange
- to change (clothes etc)
- to substitute
- to switch
- to convert (currency)

Radical and structure

换: Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 10 strokes · 扌 on the left, 奂 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 换

换句话说 huàn jù huà shuō in other words

换 in our stories

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方明也笑了：“我也不喜欢！我们换两杯茶吧。”

Fāng Míng yě xiào le wǒ yě bù xǐhuan wǒmen huàn liǎng bēi chá ba

Fang Ming laughed too: "Neither do I! Let's swap them for two teas."

From the story The first date HSK 2
两个人约好在音乐厅门口换箱子。

liǎng gè rén yuē hǎo zài yīnyuètīng ménkǒu huàn xiāngzi

They arranged to swap suitcases outside the concert hall.

From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4
回报社的路上，柯雨桐把原来的标题删掉了，换成了《街角的老杜，忙着呢》。

huí bàoshè de lù shàng Kē Yǔtóng bǎ yuánlái de biāotí shān diào le huàn chéng le jiējiǎo de lǎo Dù máng zhe ne

On the way back to the office, Ke Yutong deleted her original headline and replaced it with "Old Du on the Corner Is Busy".

From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

Stories using 换

The first date HSK 2
The identical suitcase HSK 4
Old Du on the corner HSK 6
The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).