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Japanese symbol for “teenage”

Romaji: juudai
the teens (10-19); teenage

In Japanese, teenage is , read (juudai).

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.

Meanings

  1. n the teens (10-19); teenage
  2. n the tenth generation

Written forms: . Readings: .

Kanji and stroke order

substitute, change, convert
on: ダイ、タイ
kun: か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり
5 strokes · JLPT 3

Other Japanese words for “teenage”

WordReadingMeaning
ティーンエイジ tiin'eijiteenage; teenage years

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
じだい jidaiperiod; epoch; era
だいひょう daihyourepresentation; representative; delegate
げんだい gendaipresent age; present day; contemporary
かわり kawarisubstitute; replacement; substituting
せだい sedaigeneration
ねんだい nendaiage; era; period

See also: Chinese symbol for “teenage”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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