Memory phrase for the character: 替

替

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Meaning

to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for

Pronunciation

tì

Explanation

Top: 2 x husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), bottom: sun 日

Mnemonic


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

Radicals

夫 husbandThe big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)
日 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.




 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
 

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