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代 · substitute, change
代 is a kanji meaning substitute, change, convert, replace. It has 5 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ダイdai
- タイtai
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- かわるkawaru
- かわるkawaru
- かわりkawari
- かわりkawari
- -がわり-gawari
- -がわり-gawari
- かえるkaeru
- よyo
- しろshiro
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 代 · 19 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 時代じだい | じだい | age, period, epoch, era | N4 |
| 代わりかわり | かわり | substitute, replacement | N4 |
| 代えるかえる | かえる | to exchange, to interchange, to substitute | N3 |
| 代るかわる | かわる | to take the place of, to relieve, to be substituted for | N3 |
| 近代きんだい | きんだい | modern times | N3 |
| 現代げんだい | げんだい | today, present-day | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 代金だいきん | だいきん | price, cost | N3 |
| 代表だいひょう | だいひょう | representative, delegation | N3 |
| 代理だいり | だいり | representation, proxy, deputy | N3 |
| 年代ねんだい | ねんだい | age, era, period | N3 |
| お代わりおかわり | おかわり | second helping, another cup | N2 |
| 交代こうたい | こうたい | alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.), taking turns | N2 |
| 代名詞だいめいし | だいめいし | pronoun | N2 |
| 古代こだい | こだい | ancient times | N1 |
| 代わる代わるかわるがわる | かわるがわる | alternately | N1 |
| 世代せだい | せだい | generation | N1 |
| 先代せんだい | せんだい | family predecessor, previous age, previous generation | N1 |
| 代弁だいべん | だいべん | speak for another | N1 |
| 代用だいよう | だいよう | substitution | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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