代 Kanji for replace

N4Grade 35 strokes

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

Kun: か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ
On: ダイ、タイ

代 is the Japanese kanji for replace, substitute, change, convert, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee. It is written with 5 strokes and appears at JLPT level N4. Its kun reading is か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り and its on reading is ダイ、タイ.

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Words with 代

代かえるto replace, to convert, to change
代かわるto succeed, to relieve, to replace
代かわりsubstitute, replacement, substituting
時じ代だいperiod, epoch, era
代だい表ひょうrepresentation, representative, delegate
現げん代だいpresent age, present day, today

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