更迭 こうてつ change (of personnel) #8,062 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive, intransitive change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement Its kanji 更 コウ · さら、さら.に、ふ.ける、ふ.かす grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further 迭 テツ transfer, alternation