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替 means 'replace'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 880   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-10    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 44    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 18 words   Used in 235 words   Used in 80 names   Component in 4 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   タイ
Kun
   える to replace   わる to be replaced
Kun   え-
Name    かえ
Upper part exists as rare kanji, (-)
⿱  ⿰   husband   husband   sun; day  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 替 is used 6 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 替 is used 183 times, read 3 ways (with 4 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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タイ : 26 words FIND ALL
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1. substitution; alternation
noun or verb acting prenominally, 'no' adjective
2. alternative; substitute
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える : 107 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. change; alteration; substitute; spare; proxy
2. rate of exchange  (usu. 換え)
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える (read as が) : 27 words FIND ALL
3
to change one's clothes
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える (read as かえ) : 12 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. transfer; switching over; change
noun
2. money transfer (usu. between accounts held by the same person)
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わる (read as かわり) : 1 word FIND ALL
4
noun
upcoming program; upcoming programme
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がわり: 1 word. FIND ALL
3
noun
1. taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
2. subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
1. money order; draft
2. exchange (e.g. foreign)
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がえ: 8 words. FIND ALL
0
change; money exchange
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An additional がえ less common words include 替 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1548  Joy o' Kanji : 1548  Key to Kanji:

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タイ   かえる to replace   かわる to be replaced   
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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