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Chinese symbol for “supplant”

取代
qǔ dài
to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution

The closest CC-CEDICT match for supplant is 取代 (qǔ dài), defined as: to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

取 qǔ
to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
代 dài
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “supplant”

WordPinyinMeaning
排挤 (排擠)pái jǐto crowd out; to push aside

Related words

Other words that share a character with 取代.

WordPinyinMeaning
取得qǔ déto acquire; to get; to obtain
采取 (採取)cǎi qǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
争取 (爭取)zhēng qǔto fight for; to strive for
获取 (獲取)huò qǔto gain; to get; to acquire
代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate
时代 (時代)shí dàiage; era
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age

See also: Japanese symbol for “supplant”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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