組くみ替かえる

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Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

rearrange; reorganize; recombine

Used for physically or systematically rearranging groups, sets, or components, such as classes, teams, schedules, or genetic sequences. The core idea is taking existing elements and putting them together in a new way.

来らい年ねん度どのクラスを組くみ替かえる必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to rearrange the classes for next year.
遺い伝でん子しを組くみ替かえた作さく物もつが開かい発はつされている。
Crops with recombined genes are being developed.

Written forms

組くみ替かえるUsage20%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in news and general writing.
組くみ換かえるUsage63%
Less common variant without the okurigana み, using 換.
組くみ換かえるUsage14%
Alternate spelling using 換 (exchange/convert); also widely seen.
組くみ替かえるUsage2%
Less common variant without the okurigana み.
くみかえるUsage1%

Kanji

組association, braid, plait
替exchange, spare, substitute
換interchange, period, change

Similar words

組くみ直なおす
組み直す means to reassemble or rebuild something from scratch, often after taking it apart, while 組み替える focuses on rearranging existing components into a new configuration without necessarily starting over.
再さい編へん成せいする
再編成する is a more formal term for reorganization, often used for large-scale restructuring of organizations or systems, whereas 組み替える is more concrete and can apply to smaller-scale physical or abstract rearrangements.

Etymology

Compound of 組む (kumu, 'to assemble, put together') in its continuative form 組み (kumi) + 替える (kaeru, 'to change, replace'). The combination yields the meaning 'to reassemble by changing the arrangement'.