Kanji
代
kanji character
substitute
change
convert
replace
period
age
counter for decades of ages
eras
etc.
generation
charge
rate
fee
代 kanji-代 substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
代
Meaning
substitute change convert
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かわる
- かわり
- がわり
- かえる
- ち よ thousand years
- きみが よ Imperial reign
- やち よ very long period
- みの しろ きんようきゅう ransom demand
- しろ かき preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil
- のみ しろ drink money
On'yomi
- だい ひょう representation
- じ だい period
- げん だい present age
- こう たい change
- たい しゃ metabolism
- えい たい permanence
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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代 charge, cost, price... -
代 表 representation, representative, delegate... -
時 代 period, epoch, era... -
現 代 (uk) Hyundai (car company) -
世 代 generation -
代 金 price, cost, charge... -
代 行 acting as agent, acting on (someone's) behalf, executing business for -
代 理 representation, agency, proxy... -
近 代 present day, modern times, recent times... -
交 代 change, alternation, rotation... -
代 々for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation... -
代 る代 るalternately, by turns -
代 替 taking over (e.g. store or family's headship), subrogation, substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor) -
代 りsubstitute for ... -
代 代 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation... - お
代 りanother helping, second helping, seconds... -
代 償 compensation, reparation, indemnification... -
古 代 ancient times, distant past, antiquity -
年 代 age, era, period... -
代 替 えsubstitution, alternative, substitute -
代 わりsubstitute for ... - お
代 わりanother helping, second helping, seconds... -
御 代 りanother helping, second helping, seconds... -
代 議 representing others in a conference -
代 議 士 parliamentarian, member of a congress -
代 るto succeed, to relieve, to replace... -
代 わる代 わるalternately, by turns -
御 代 わりanother helping, second helping, seconds... -
代 用 substitution -
代 えるto replace, to convert, to change...