Japanese symbol for “understudy”
代役
だいやく
Romaji: daiyaku
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy
In Japanese, understudy is 代役, read だいやく (daiyaku).
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Meanings
- n substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 代表 | だいひょう daihyou | representation; representative; delegate |
| 現代 | げんだい gendai | present age; present day; contemporary |
| 代わり | かわり kawari | substitute; replacement; substituting |
| 世代 | せだい sedai | generation |
| 年代 | ねんだい nendai | age; era; period |
| 役割 | やくわり yakuwari | part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role |
| 現役 | げんえき gen'eki | active duty; active service |
See also: Chinese symbol for “understudy”.
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