Japanese Word Entry

電話交換局
Kana:でんわこうかんきょく
Romaji:denwakoukankyoku
Definition: telephone switching station, telephone exchange, central office

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Chinese characters used in this word

electricity, electric, lightning
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ (diàn)
Cantonese: din6
Japanese: デン (den)、 テン (ten) / いなずま (inazuma)
Korean: 전 (jeon)
Vietnamese: điện
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

tale, talk, speech, language, dialect
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ (huà)
Cantonese: waa6
Japanese: ワ (wa)、 カイ (kai) / はな.す (hanasu)、 はなし (hanashi)
Korean: 화 (hwa)
Vietnamese: thoại
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

mingle, mixing, association, coming & going, mix, intersect, exchange, communicate, deliver
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄠ (jiāo)
Cantonese: gaau1
Japanese: コウ (kou)、 キョウ (kyou) / まじ.わる (majiwaru)、 まじ.える (majieru)、 ま.じる (majiru)、 ま.ざる (mazaru)、 ま.ぜる (mazeru)、 -か.う (-kau)、 か.わす (kawasu)、 こもごも (komogomo)、 かう (kau)
Korean: 교 (gyo)
Vietnamese: giao
Variants
Semantic variant form:

interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew, exchange, substitute
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ (huàn)
Cantonese: wun6
Japanese: カン (kan) / か.える (kaeru)、 -か.える (-kaeru)、 か.わる (kawaru)
Korean: 환 (hwan)
Vietnamese: hoán
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment, circumstance
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄩˊ (jú)
Cantonese: guk6
Japanese: キョク (kyoku) / つぼね (tsubone)、 しきる (shikiru)
Korean: 국 (gug)
Vietnamese: cục