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Kanji Detail for 代 - "generation, era, substitute"

代

  • Meaning

    代 means "generation, era, substitute."

    1. Generation - A period of time; an era.

    2. Substitute - To take the place of another.

    3. Era - A distinct period in history.

    4. Price - Cost; value; charge.

  • Words using 代

    • 代表 だいひょう Listen representation; representative; delegate
    • 時代 じだい Listen period; epoch; era
    • 世代 せだい Listen generation
    • 現代 げんだい Listen present age; present day; today
    • 交代 こうたい Listen change; alternation; rotation
    • 代理 だいり Listen representation; agency; proxy
    • 近代 きんだい Listen present day; modern times; recent times
    • 代わり かわり Listen substitute; replacement; substituting

  • Four-character idioms with 代

    • 前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん Listen unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
    • 新陳代謝 しんちんたいしゃ Listen renewal; replacement; regeneration
    • 時代錯誤 じだいさくご Listen anachronism
    • 黄金時代 おうごんじだい Listen golden age
    • 一世一代 いっせいちだい Listen once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
    • 万代不易 ばんだいふえき Listen eternity; perpetuity

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    • Verified meaning: generation, era, substitute
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かわる, さきしろ, しろ, だい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 代

    Given names 代(かわる)Listen

    Surnames 代(さきしろ)Listen 代(しろ)Listen 代(だい)Listen 代(だいさき)Listen 代(たかだい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To alternate. Such as 寒暑迭代, meaning winter and summer alternating in change. | To substitute. Such as 代理 (act on behalf of). Mathematical algebra (代數) and grammatical pronouns (代名詞) all have this meaning. | Generation. When a ruler changes dynasty and receives the mandate, it is called 代. Such as 漢代 (Han dynasty), 唐代 (Tang dynasty). Father and son succeeding is also called 代. Such as 三代 (three generations), meaning great-grandfather, grandfather, and father.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dai(ダイ) ダイ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gawa.ri(が-わり) が-わり

    ka.eru(か-える) か-える

    ka.wari(か-わり) か-わり

    ka.waru(か-わる) か-わる

    shiro(しろ) しろ

    yo(よ) よ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    generation era substitute exchange alternate land plot lineage succession resource price age ancestry charge contemporary cost epoch heir history modern period proxy representative

Sentences including 代

  • Would you like some more cake?

  • Keep up with the times.

  • I stayed up much later when i was a student.

  • She had a happy childhood.

  • Such a method is out of date.

  • I'd be glad to go in your place.

  • I miss the high school days we spent together.

  • His hair style is behind the time.

  • I usually went to bed at ten in my school days.

  • His clothes are out of fashion.

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