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The kanji 代: meaning, readings and stroke order

代

Meaning
replace, era
On reading
ダイ dai、タイ tai
Kun reading
か(わる) kawaru、か(える) kaeru、よ yo、しろ shiro
Strokes
5
Radical
人 man, human
Level
Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Stroke order of 代, 5 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
thay thế, thời đại (đại)
Japanese
かわりに なる。じだい。
Korean
대신, 시대 (대)
Chinese
代替、时代

Readings, words and example sentences

ダイ dai · on reading

タイ tai · on reading

か(わる) kawaru · kun reading

か(える) kaeru · kun reading

よ yo · kun reading · less common

しろ shiro · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 代 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 代 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.