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Kotomora

迭

transfer, alternation

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • テツ

Kun'yomi

—

Meaning

迭 centers on things taking turns or passing from one to another: transferring a role or alternating in sequence.

Most common words using 迭

  • 更迭こうてつ

    change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

  • 迭立てつりつ

    alternate succession (e.g. to throne)

  • 迷迭香まんねんろう

    rosemary

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Etymology

迭 combines 辶 (movement) with 失, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of passing or alternating. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The movement radical 辶 wraps around 失 (loss). Picture something being lost and then found again in a cycle: transferring hands and alternating ownership.

Reading mnemonic

For テツ, imagine a transfer of iron (鉄, てつ) goods along a path: 鉄 -> テツ, and the movement radical shows the goods alternating between carriers.