換 means “exchange, convert”

かん · kan

Also: interchange, period, change

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かえる, かわる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A hand (扌) beside a big (大) bundle held out (奐): picture goods passed from one hand to another. 交換 is an exchange, 換気 lets fresh air swap in, and 乗り換え is the train transfer Tokyo commuters make without looking up.

Used in 交換 (koukan, exchange), 乗り換え (norikae, transfer between trains), and 換気 (kanki, ventilation)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.