代 — kanji meaning “substitute”
代
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
- Meanings
- substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
- On'yomi
- ダイ (dai)、タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ
- Name readings
- す
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #66 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- dài — Chinese character page
Words with 代
| 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 |
| 代理 | だいり dairi | representation; agency; proxy |
| 交代 | こうたい koutai | change; alternation; rotation |
| 古代 | こだい kodai | ancient times; distant past; antiquity |
| 代行 | だいこう daikou | acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for |
| 近代 | きんだい kindai | present day; modern times; recent times |
| 代替 | だいたい daitai | substitution |
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