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How do you read 更迭 in Japanese?
The person holding a post is replaced.
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Replacing someone who holds a post with another person. 迭 has the same sound as 鉄.
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kanji with 失 inside 辶
seven-stroke kanji containing shapes like 一 and 日
Japanese word beginning 更 followed by 辶 and 失
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更: 7 strokes; radical 曰 (say). 迭: 8 strokes; radical 辵 (movement). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
更7 strokes / radical: 曰 (say)
迭8 strokes / radical: 辵 (movement)
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The answer is
こうてつ
kōtetsu
更迭
Understand the meaning
English translationReplacement of a person in office
Replacing the person holding a particular office or post. It appears in formal accounts of changes in leadership or responsibility.
See it in a sentence
運営の混乱を受け、団体は責任者の更迭と新しい担当者の就任を発表した。Following confusion in its operations, the organization announced the replacement of the person in charge and the appointment of a successor.
A way to remember
更 is kō and 迭 is tetsu. 迭 contains 失 within the movement radical; it is a different character from 鉄.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 更迭
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Identify the post whose holder is changing
Use 責任者を更迭する or 更迭を発表する. In an account of a personnel change, include confirmed details such as the post involved and the successor.
例：発表文には責任者の更迭だけでなく、後任が担当を引き継ぐ日も記されていた。
The announcement stated not only that the person in charge was being replaced but also when the successor would take over.
Do not infer the reason from the word alone
更迭 focuses on replacing the holder of a post. The word alone does not establish why the change occurred or whether the person left the organization; read those details separately in the announcement.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 更迭
Explanation checked on 2026-10-26. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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