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代
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)
後代 こうだい

posterity

叀代紫 こだいむらさき

reddish-purple

叀典時代 γ“γ¦γ‚“γ˜γ γ„

the classical period

ε€η”Ÿδ»£ こせいだい

Paleozoic era

譜代倧名 ちだいだいみょう

hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara

徑代 γΏγ‚ˆ

(imperial) reign

手代 てだい

sales clerk

取って代わる とってかわる

to supplant

袳代 あしだい

transportation expenses

茢代 けゃだい

a tip

ζ‹˜ζŸεη°ΏεΌζ―”δΎ‹δ»£θ‘¨εˆΆ γ“γ†γγγ‚γ„γΌγ—γγ²γ‚Œγ„γ γ„γ²γ‚‡γ†γ›γ„

proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)

間代 まだい

room rent

現代θͺž げんだいご

modern language

ηΎδ»£εŒ– げんだいか

modernization

車代 くるまだい

cost of a car

θ¦ͺδ»£γ‚γ‚Š γŠγ‚„γŒγ‚γ‚Š

(one acting as a) foster parent

縫い代 ぬいしろ

margin for a seam

人称代名詞 にんしょうだいめいし

personal pronoun

ζ―”δΎ‹δ»£θ‘¨εˆΆ γ²γ‚Œγ„γ γ„γ²γ‚‡γ†γ›γ„

proportional representation

黄金時代 γŠγ†γ”γ‚“γ˜γ γ„

golden age