Memory phrase for the character: 替


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Meaning to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: 2 x husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.), bottom: sun

Mnemonic


 
The two husbands are during sunshine (= good times) exchangeable.

Radicals

husbandThe big person with the extra caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting , sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled, bending , or slumped person)
sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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 Vocabulary

代替 dài tì  instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
交替 jiāo tì  to replace; alternately; in turn
交替 jiāo tì  

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