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代
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generation

HSK 3 N3
Abstract →Qualities
dài
ダイ、タイ
か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ
대
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 弋 catch =
代 generation
亻 Meaning component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
弋 Phonetic component
yì catch
catch, arrest
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part仵 similar
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
代
Regular
Modern
Chinese
代 [dài]
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Japanese
代 しろ 同音

noun

  1. substitution
  2. material
  3. price
  4. margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
  5. archaic shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
代 だい 同音

noun

  1. charge; cost; price
  2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
  3. geology era
  4. a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) (after someone's name or title)
  5. switchboard number (used after a phone number)
  6. abbrev. pronoun (used in dictionaries, etc.)

counter

  1. counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
  2. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
  3. abbrev. proxy application company
世 、 代 よ 同音

noun

  1. world; society; public
  2. life; lifetime
  3. age; era; period; epoch; generation
  4. reign; rule
  5. the times
  6. Buddhism world (of existence)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (6)
うちの会社は、いればいるだけ残業代がもらえるからね。
The longer you stay, the more overtime pay you'll get.
あの会社との取り引きは父の代から糸を引くように切れない。
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.
２０代の若い女性の中には、夏休みに海外旅行にでたいと思う人も多い。
Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.
安倍内閣は、第９０代の内閣総理大臣に指名された安倍晋三が２００６年９月２６日に発足させた内閣である。
The Abe Cabinet is the Cabinet inaugurated on September 26, 2006 by Shinzo Abe, who was appointed as Japan's 90th Prime Minister.
Japanese Names
代 かわる
Kawaru given name
代 さきしろ
Sakishiro surname
代 しろ
Shiro surname
代 たかだい
Takadai surname
代 だい
Dai surname
代 だいさき
Daisaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
代表 [dài​biǎo] #869
representative
时代 [Shí​dài] #1,730
Time, US weekly news magazine
时代 [Shí​dài] #1,730
Time, US weekly news magazine
年代 [nián​dài] #1,672
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
现代 [Xiàn​dài] #4,005
Hyundai, South Korean company
现代 [Xiàn​dài] #4,005
Hyundai, South Korean company
代价 [dài​jià] #1,752
price
代价 [dài​jià] #1,752
price
代替 [dài​tì] #3,556
to replace
代理 [dài​lǐ] #4,442
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 時代 [じだい] #822
period
代わりに [かわりに] #981
instead of
⭐ 代表 [だいひょう] #2,296
representation
⭐ 世 [よ] #2,424
world
⭐ 替わる [かわる] #2,587
to succeed
⭐ 代わり [かわり] #2,852
substitute
その代わり [そのかわり] #3,791
instead
⭐ 現代 [げんだい] #4,115
present age
代物 [しろもの] #5,162
article
⭐ 世代 [せだい] #5,439
generation
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KOREAN WORDS (89)
대체 #328
alternation; substitution
고대 #5,248
ancient times
초대 #8,412
first
현대 #9,838
(질문) present era; contemporary world
대표 #10,516
representative
역대 #15,618
successive generations; many generations
대리 #18,965
substitute
교대 #21,282
rotation; shift
신진대사 #23,364
metabolism
대행 #25,292
doing by proxy
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