こう
更
てつ
迭

noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
こう
更
てつ
迭
 更迭 こうてつ ✔
こう
交
てつ
迭
 交迭 こうてつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

grow late, night watch, sit up late
さら　コウ　ふ.ける (7th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
transfer, alternation
テツ (9th, N1)
lose, error, fault
シツ　うしな.う　う.せる (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
husband, man
フ　おっと　フウ (4th, N3)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)