换

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to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 奂 sound ( huàn )

Components 扌奂

exchange · Heisig RSH #1325

fingers + Victorian lady

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
公用交换电话网	gōng yòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng	(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
交换代数学	jiāo huàn dài shù xué	(math.) commutative algebra
物物交换	wù wù jiāo huàn	barter
反用换流器	fǎn yòng huàn liú qì	inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
公共交换电话网	gōng gòng jiāo huàn diàn huà wǎng	public switched telephone network (PSTN)
交换代数	jiāo huàn dài shù	(math.) commutative algebra
浪子回头金不换	làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn	a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
交换生	jiāo huàn shēng	exchange student
换而言之	huàn ér yán zhī	in other words
交换机	jiāo huàn jī	switch (telecommunications)
交换网路	jiāo huàn wǎng lù	switched network
国家标准中文交换码	guó jiā biāo zhǔn Zhōng wén jiāo huàn mǎ	CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
换言之	huàn yán zhī	in other words
交换器	jiāo huàn qì	(telecom or network) switch
电子数据交换	diàn zǐ shù jù jiāo huàn	electronic exchange of data
转换器	zhuǎn huàn qì	converter; transducer
离子交换	lí zǐ jiāo huàn	ion exchange
换热器	huàn rè qì	heat exchanger
分组交换	fēn zǔ jiāo huàn	packet switching
交换虚电路	jiāo huàn xū diàn lù	Switched Virtual Circuit; SVC

Characters sharing the sound component 奂 — compare how they read.