EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season

    reading is gikun for 更衣see 更衣see こうい・1

    そろそろ衣替えしなくちゃ。
    I need to start changing my outfit for the new season.
  2. renovation; facelift; redesign; redecoration; new appearance; fresh look

Also written 更衣【ころもがえ】衣更え【ころもがえ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

garment, clothes, dressing

Kun
ころもきぬ-ぎ
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1214 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 3-3-3, 3-4-2SKIP code
5e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0073.2Four corner code
465deroo
8863Unicode hex code
1-16-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4214Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5420New Nelson (John Haig)
2013New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2506Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1270Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
396Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
423Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1019A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
520Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
605Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34091Morohashi
420A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
677Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341sakade
878Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
444henshall3
461Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
889Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1619Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
403Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1, yi4Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

exchange, spare, substitute, per-

Kun
か.えるか.え-か.わる
On
タイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
979 of 2500
Radical
say
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Used in names as

かえ

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
2-8-4SKIP code
4c8.12The Kanji Dictionary
5560.3Four corner code
1478deroo
66ffUnicode hex code
1-34-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2140Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2486New Nelson (John Haig)
2783New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3457Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1780Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2424Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
842Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
905Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
849A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1398Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14300Morohashi
1548A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
744Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
757Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
611Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1547Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
375Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1001Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
850Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ti4Pinyin reading
cheKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level