代
age, change, charge, convert, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., fee, generation, period, rate, replace, substitute

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タイダイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-が.わり-がわ.りか.えるか.わりか.わるかわ.りかわ.るしろよ

Nanori (名乗り)

す

Stroke Order

5 / 5

Information

Grade:3
Strokes:5
JLPT:4
Frequency:66

Vocabulary

タイ

WordReadingMeaning
永代エイタイpermanence; eternity
代謝タイシャmetabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
交代コウタイchange; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking turns
新陳代謝シンチンタイシャrenewal; replacement; regeneration; rejuvenation; metabolism
希代キタイuncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

ダイ

WordReadingMeaning
一代イチダイgeneration; lifetime; age
黄金時代オウゴンジダイgolden age
近代キンダイpresent day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
近代的キンダイテキmodern
現代ゲンダイpresent age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

Other

WordReadingMeaning
身代わりみがわりsubstitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
代えかえchange; alteration; substitute; spare; replacement; change (e.g. of clothes); rate of exchange
八千代やちよvery long period; forever; eight thousand years
千代ちよthousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
代替だいがえsubstitution; alternative; substitute

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

伐
attack, fell, punish, strike
Grade 8JLPT 1
付
adhere, append, attach, refer to
Grade 4JLPT 3
伏
bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated
Grade 8JLPT 1
伝
communicate, follow, go along, legend, report, tradition, transmit, walk along
Grade 4JLPT 3
仕
attend, doing, official, serve
Grade 3JLPT 4
仏
Buddha, France, the dead
Grade 5JLPT 2
仁
benevolence, charity, humanity, kernel, man, virtue
Grade 6JLPT 1
氏
clan, family name, surname
Grade 4JLPT 1
斥
recede, reject, repel, repulse, retreat, withdraw
Grade 8JLPT 1
低
humble, lower, short
Grade 4JLPT 2