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代

Replace, Generation
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingダイ、タイ
Kun readingか.わる、よ、しろ
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3Level 5

Verbs with «代»

代表する代わる代える交代する代行する

Meanings

  1. replace, Generation
  2. age
  3. change
  4. charge
  5. convert
  6. counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
  7. fee
  8. generation
  9. period
    明治時代、羽織は立派な着物の代名詞であった。During the Meiji period, the haori coat was a pronoun for splendid kimono.wiki
  10. rate
  11. replace
  12. substituteRtK
    彼は父親の代理をした。He substituted for his father.tatoeba
    彼は父親の代役をした。He was substituted for his father.tatoeba
  1. world
  2. society
  3. public
  4. life
  5. lifetime

Synonyms

代目１０代

Popular Usage

時代代わり近代現代代る代える代名詞お代わり代わる代わる代わる

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
代
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · arrow (矢)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1080

Compound words

時代じだい
period; epoch; era; age; the times
代わりかわり
substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in
近代きんだい
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
現代げんだい
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
代名詞だいめいし
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern; byword
お代わりおかわり
another helping; second helping; seconds; refill; other paw!
代えるかえる
to replace; to convert
近代化きんだいか
modernization
近代史きんだいし
modern history
代表するだいひょうする
to represent
近代化するきんだいかする
to modernize
代わる代わるかわるがわる
alternately; by turns
代わるかわる
to succeed; to relieve
一代いちだい
generation; lifetime; age
永代えいたい
permanence; eternity
古代こだい
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
次代じだい
the next era
初代しょだい
first generation; founder
世代せだい
generation
先代せんだい
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father; predecessor; previous age
代官だいかん
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
代議だいぎ
representing others in a conference
代金だいきん
price; cost; charge; payment; bill
代行だいこう
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

On Reading Examples

彼は彼の仕事を４０代のはじめに始めた。だい
He started his job in his early forties.tatoeba
彼は食事代は自分が払うと言った。だい
He said he would pay for the dinner.tatoeba
彼は市長の名代として式に出席した。みょうだい
He represented the mayor at a ceremony.tatoeba
彼は高い農地代を払わなければならなかった。だい
He had to pay a high rent for his farm.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

私の靴は２度とはけないような代物だ。しろもの
My shoes won't bear wearing twice.tatoeba
その中古の冷蔵庫はひどい代物だった。しろもの
That used refrigerator was a real dog.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は父の代わりにそこへ行った。
He went there instead of his father.tatoeba
彼は飛行機による旅行が危険であると考えられていた時代に生きていた。
He lived in the days when air travel was considered dangerous.tatoeba
花押の代わりに判を押した文書。
Documents with a seal on them instead of a kao (written seal mark).wiki
ある人の代わりをつとめること。
The term "myodai" means to act as a person's proxy.wiki
最後のoneは代名詞で幾多の素数の中の一つのもの。
Furthermore, the word "one" that appears at the end is a pronoun referring to a prime number.wiki
神道による祖先祭祀において、仏壇に代わる物として登場した。
Soreisha were introduced as an alternative to Buddhist alters in conducting Shinto religious services for ancestors.wiki
それが急速に発達し、権威を失った官印に取って代わることになった。
Kao developed rapidly and took the place of kanin which had lost authority.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Substitute; era. 亻 (person) + 弋 (stake) — one person taking another's place, generations replacing each other.Also known as “Substitute”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 代

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step