代 — Chinese character
代
dài
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
- Pinyin
- dài
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 亻 弋
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 亻 caught 弋 by the passing of time
- Japanese
- 代 as a kanji
Common words with 代
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate |
| 时代 (時代) | shí dài | age; era |
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 现代 (現代) | xiàn dài | modern times; modern age |
| 代理 | dài lǐ | to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 现代化 (現代化) | xiàn dài huà | modernization; 个 (gè) |
| 代码 (代碼) | dài mǎ | code |
| 取代 | qǔ dài | to replace; to supersede |
| 代价 (代價) | dài jià | price; cost |
| 当代 (當代) | dāng dài | the present age; the contemporary era |
| 一代 | yī dài | an era; an age; a generation |
English words written with 代
代 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 2 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 14 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 74
- Analects 3.14
- Analects 15.24
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 3A.3
- Mencius 3B.1
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 4A.3
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