Stroke Order
Meaning
Substitute, Change, Convert, Replace
On'yomi (音読み)
だい, たい
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
か.わる, かわ.る, かわ.り, か.わり, -がわ.り, -が.わり, か.える, よ, しろ
Stroke Count
5 strokes

代 in useful words

Learn the character in complete words, because its pronunciation can change with context. Read each word aloud, connect it with the meaning, and then cover the reading to test yourself.

近代きんだい
present day; modern times; recent times
時代じだい
period; epoch; era; age
世代せだい
generation
代表だいひょう
representation; representative; delegate; delegation

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