换huàn
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换
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Shuowen
The character 换 combines the hand radical 扌 with the phonetic component 奂, originally depicting two hands exchanging objects in oracle bone inscriptions—the left hand giving and the right hand receiving. The radical emphasizes that this is a manual action of trading or swapping, while 奂 provides the sound and may also represent the alternating motion of exchange. This structure captures the original meaning of to exchange, to change, or to substitute one thing for another.
Pinyin
huàn· HSK 2