EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

Also written 肩替わり【かたがわり】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shoulder

Kun
かた
On
ケン
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1215 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-1-7SKIP code
4m4.1The Kanji Dictionary
3022.7Four corner code
3046deroo
80a9Unicode hex code
1-24-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1820Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4776New Nelson (John Haig)
1947New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2446Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1238Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1077Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1158Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1041A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1215Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29299XMorohashi
1212A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1264Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1337Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1190Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1084Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1014Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1086Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian1Pinyin reading
gyeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Kun
か.わるかわ.るかわ.りか.わり-がわ.り-が.わりか.えるしろ
On
ダイタイ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
66 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.3The Kanji Dictionary
2324.0Four corner code
2156deroo
4ee3Unicode hex code
1-34-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
364Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
125New Nelson (John Haig)
30New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
34Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1005Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1080Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
68A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
125Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
85Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
386Morohashi
338A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
256Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
256Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
463sakade
111Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
358henshall3
257Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
87crowley
413Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
61Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1014Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
dai4Pinyin reading
daeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level