代
commonsubstitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee
Radical: 亻 (human). Strokes: 5画. Elements: ⺅弋. . Hangul: 대 [dae]. Nanori: すsu.
Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade. JLPT N4.
Example compounds:
| ダイDAI | 後代【こうだいkōdai】posterity; future generations 手代【てだいtedai】sales clerk 幼年時代【ようねんじだいyōnenjidai】childhood |
| タイTAI | 新陳代謝【しんちんたいしゃshinchintaisha】renewal; replacement; metabolism 永代【えいたいeitai】permanence; eternity 代謝【たいしゃtaisha】renewal; regeneration; metabolism |
| かわるkawaru | 入れ代わる【いれかわるirekawaru】to change places; to relieve one another 代わる【かわるkawaru】to succeed; to take the place of; to be exchanged 代わる代わる【かわるがわるkawarugawaru】alternately; by turns |
| かわるkawaru | 代る【かわるkawaru】to succeed; to take the place of; to be exchanged 代る代る【かわるがわるkawarugawaru】alternately; by turns |
| かわりkawari | お代り【おかわりokawari】second helping; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand |
| かわりkawari | 入れ代わり立ち代わり【いれかわりたちかわりirekawaritachikawari】by turns 入れ代わり【いれかわりirekawari】substitution; replacement; shifting; change お代わり【おかわりokawari】second helping; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand |
| かえるkaeru | 入れ代える【いれかえるirekaeru】to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places 代える【かえるkaeru】to replace; to exchange; to substitute 着せ代える【きせかえるkisekaeru】to change clothes on a doll |
| よyo | 万代【よろずよyorozuyo】thousands of years; eternity; all generations 八千代【やちよyachiyo】eternity; thousands of years 君が代【きみがよkimigayo】Imperial reign; title of Japanese national anthem |
| しろshiro | 代物【しろものshiromono】thing; article; goods; fellow; affair 身代金要求【みのしろきんようきゅうminoshirokin'yōkyū】ransom demand 飲み代【のみしろnomishiro】drink money; drinking money |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 4ee3 | – | Unicode |
| 34-69 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-2-3 | – | SKIP |
| 2a3.3 | – | TKD |
| 2324.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 2156 | – | De Roo |
| 364 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 125 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 30 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 18 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1005 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 68 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 125 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 85 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 386 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 1 p. 611 |
| 338 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 256 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 463 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 111 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 358 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 257 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 87 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 413 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.10 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 61 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1014 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |