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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)
δ»£εε‹•θ©ž だいめいどうし

pronominal verb

η”°δ»£θŠ‹ γŸγ—γ‚γ„γ‚‚

taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)

ε€δ»£γƒ­γƒΌγƒž γ“γ γ„γƒ­γƒΌγƒž

ancient Rome

代θ¦ͺ だいしん

godparent

代葨所 だいひょうしょ

representative office (e.g. diplomatic)

ζ€ζ°‘εœ°ζ™‚δ»£ γ—γ‚‡γγΏγ‚“γ‘γ˜γ γ„

colonial period

現代戦 げんだいせん

modern warfare

明代 みんだい

Ming period (China; 1368-1644)

叀代中国 こだいけゅうごく

ancient China

代数幾何学 γ γ„γ™γ†γγ‹γŒγ

algebraic geometry

δ»£ζ•°ε€šζ§˜δ½“ γ γ„γ™γ†γŸγ‚ˆγ†γŸγ„

algebraic variety

現代文 げんだいぢん

modern Japanese

ι’ιŠ…ζ™‚δ»£ γ›γ„γ©γ†γ˜γ γ„

Bronze Age

現役世代 γ’γ‚“γˆγγ›γ γ„

working generation

ι›ͺ代 ゆきしろ

snow water

代葨代葌 だいひょうだいこう

acting leader (usu. of a party)

代葨代葌 だいひょうだいこう

acting leader (usu. of a party)

新世代 しんせだい

new-generation

代かき しろかき

preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

ε€§εŒ–ε‰δ»£ γŸγ„γ‹γœγ‚“γ γ„

period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform