Entry
  1. Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

    to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)

    もう電子レンジは買い換えてもいい頃です。
    It is about time we bought a new microwave oven.

Also written 買い替える【かいかえる】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

buy

Kun
か.う
On
バイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
520 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-5-7SKIP code
5g7.2The Kanji Dictionary
6080.6Four corner code
3661deroo
8cb7Unicode hex code
1-39-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3637Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5793New Nelson (John Haig)
2598New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3211Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1662Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
831Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
894Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
330A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1753Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
48Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36708Morohashi
193A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
241Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
300sakade
89Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
212henshall3
221Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
433crowley
188Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1731Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
839Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mai3Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew

Kun
か.える-か.えるか.わる
On
カン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
687 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3c9.15The Kanji Dictionary
5703.4Four corner code
1363deroo
63dbUnicode hex code
1-20-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1964Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2233New Nelson (John Haig)
587New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
429Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
537Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1043Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1122Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
846A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
957Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12358Morohashi
1105A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1586Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1693Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1540Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
749Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
913Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1052Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huan4Pinyin reading
hwanKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level