Kanji Detail for 遞 - "alternate, mutually, relay, post station"

遞

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
遞 means "alternate, mutually, relay, post station."
1. Alternate - To replace; to interchange.
2. Mutually - In turns; alternately.
3. Relay - To pass on successively.
4. Post station - A relay station for travelers.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hand over; deliver; substitute

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hand over, deliver; substitute

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to deliver, to hand over; substitute

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To alternate; to relay. As in the old postal relay system 驛遞, where one station hands over to another station which then takes over. All things that proceed in sequence or rotate in turn are called 遞.
Onyomi

tei(てい)
Kunyomi

ka.waru(かわる)

taga.ini(たがいに)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
alternate replace interchange mutually turns alternately relay pass successively post station travelers