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代

Kanji 代: meaning "Substitute, Change, Convert", readings, stroke order

The kanji 代 means "Substitute, Change, Convert". On'yomi: ダイ、タイ; kun'yomi: かわる、かえる、よ、しろ. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
Substitute, Change, Convert
On'yomi
ダイタイ
Kun'yomi
かわるかえるよしろ
Strokes
5
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 代

  • 時代 じだい — age, period, epoch, era
  • ~代 ~だい — ~ age; period
  • 代わり かわり — substitute, replacement
  • 残業代 ざんぎょうだい — Overtime pay
  • 近代 きんだい — modern times
  • 現代 げんだい — today, present-day
  • 代金 だいきん — price, cost
  • 代表 だいひょう — representative, delegation
  • 代理 だいり — representation, proxy, deputy
  • 年代 ねんだい — age, era, period
  • お代わり おかわり — second helping, another cup
  • 交代 こうたい — alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.), taking turns

Stroke order · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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