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JLPT N4 SL3 5 strokes Frequency: #66

Meanings

Substitute, Change, Convert, Replace, Period, Age, Counter For Decades Of Ages, Eras, Etc., Generation, Charge, Rate, Fee

Radicals

δΊ»

Decomposition

βΏ°δΊ»εΌ‹

Etymology

Ideographic: A manΒ δΊ» caughtΒ εΌ‹ by the passing of time

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 hook right-to-left
5 dot right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ダむ dai
γ‚Ώγ‚€ tai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かわ kawa
γ‚ˆ yo
か ka
しろ shiro

Words Using This Kanji

832 words total
Other (20 words)
ζ°Έδ»£ε€Ÿεœ° γˆγ„γŸγ„γ—γ‚ƒγγ‘

perpetual lease

ε†·ζˆ¦ζ™‚δ»£ γ‚Œγ„γ›γ‚“γ˜γ γ„

cold war era

亀代 γ“γ†γŸγ„

change

ζ˜₯秋時代 γ—γ‚…γ‚“γ˜γ‚…γ†γ˜γ γ„

Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history; approx. 770-403 BCE)

町代 けょうだい

assisting town official (Edo period)

封建時代 γ»γ†γ‘γ‚“γ˜γ γ„

feudal era

現代小θͺ¬ げんだいしょうせ぀

contemporary novel

現代戦 げんだいせん

modern warfare

現代文学 γ’γ‚“γ γ„γΆγ‚“γŒγ

contemporary literature

末代 ま぀だい

all ages to come

ζ˜Žζ²»ζ™‚δ»£ γ‚γ„γ˜γ˜γ γ„

Meiji period (1868-1912)

歴代 γ‚Œγγ γ„

successive generations

歴代史 γ‚Œγγ γ„γ—

chronicles

倧代 だいだい

main telephone number

千代 γ‘γ‚ˆ

thousand years

ηΎδ»£η”Ÿζ΄» げんだいせいか぀

contemporary life

γƒͺーダー亀代 γƒͺγƒΌγƒ€γƒΌγ“γ†γŸγ„

leadership change

倧時代 γŠγŠγ˜γ γ„

old-fashioned

後代 こうだい

posterity

ε€η”Ÿδ»£ こせいだい

Paleozoic era

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