# 迭 — alternate; shift

迭 means “alternate; shift”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: テツ (tetsu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: alternate; shift
- On'yomi: テツ (tetsu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Links & order 3

## How to remember 迭

Parts: 失 lose · 辶 road

## Don't confuse it with

[矢](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/arrow/)

## More in the “Links & order 3” set

[又](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/also/) · [媒](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-between/) · [迭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/alternate/) · [陪](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/attend-on/) · [某](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/a-certain/) · [附](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/affix/) · [但](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/however/) · [且](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/moreover/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/alternate/. Last updated 2026-11-01.