代

See also 付, and 伐

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 弋

弋 and 代 were near-homophones in Old Chinese; Baxter-Sagart give *lək for 弋 and *lˤək-s for 代 (the -s is a suffix). See also 式.

Han character

代 (radical 9 人+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 人戈心 (OIP), four-corner 2324₀, composition ⿰亻弋)

1. replace, replacement (of person or generation)
2. era
3. generation

Derived characters

• 袋 貸

References

• KangXi: page 93, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 386
• Dae Jaweon: page 197, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 113, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4EE3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

代 (Yale doi6)

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Japanese

Noun

代 (hiragana しろ, romaji shiro)

1. substitution
2. price, cost, charge
3. shiro, a unit of land

代 (hiragana だい, romaji dai)

1. price
2. generation
3. era

代 (hiragana よ, romaji yo)

1. world, society
2. age, generation, era of rule

Alternative forms

• 台 (alternative form for dai only)
• 世 (alternative form for yo only)

Counter

代 (hiragana だい, romaji -dai)

1. generation of a royal family
2. era, age, decade

Suffix

代 (hiragana だい, romaji -dai)

1. charge, fare, rate, fee, price, rent
2. (indicating years spanning a specific period) -ies, -hundreds

Kanji

代 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: だい (dai), たい (tai)
• Kun: かわる (代わる, kawaru), かわる (代る, kawaru), かわり (代り, kawari), かわり (代わり, kawari), -がわり (代り, -gawari), -がわり (代わり, -gawari), かえる (代える, kaeru), よ (yo), しろ (shiro)
• Nanori: す

Compounds

compounds containing "代"

代わる, 代る (kawaru): succeed, relieve 代わり, 代り (kawari): substitute, replacement 代わり, 代り (-gawari): substitute for 代える (kaeru): replace, exchange 代え (kae): change, alteration 代代, 代々 (daidai, yoyo): for generations 代案 (daian): alternate plan 代位 (daii): subrogation, substitution 代印 (daiin): signing by proxy 代員 (daiin): proxy 代演 (daien): substitute for another 代価 (daika): price, cost 代官 (daikan): Edo-period prefectural governor 代艦 (daikan): replacement warship 代願 (daigan): praying by proxy 代議 (daigi): representing others in a conference 代休 (daikyū): compensatory holiday 代金 (daikin): price, payment 代言 (daigen): advocacy 代行 (daikō): acting as agent 代講 (daikō): substitute lecturing 代作 (daisaku): ghost-writing 代参 (daisan): visiting a temple for another 代謝 (taisha): renewal, regeneration 代車 (daisha): loaner vehicle 代署 (daisho): sign for another 代書 (daisho): amanuensis, scribe 代償 (daishō): compensation, indemnification 代将 (daishō): brigadier general 代親 (daishin): godparent 代診 (daishin): doctor's assistance 代人 (dainin): substitute, deputy 代数 (daisū): algebra 代僧 (daisō): substitute priest 代走 (daisō): substitute runner 代打 (daida): pinch-hitting 代替 (daitai, daigae): substitution, alternation 代地 (daichi): substitute land 代置 (daichi): replace 代読 (daidoku): reading for another 代入 (dainyū): substitution, assignment 代任 (dainin): agency, acting official 代納 (dainō): payment for another 代筆 (daihitsu): amanuensis 代表 (daihyō): representative, representation 代品 (daihin): substitute article 代父 (daifu): godfather 代物 (daibutsu): substitute 代返 (daihen): answer a roll call for another 代弁 (daiben): pay by proxy 代母 (daibo): godmother 代務 (daimu): vicarious management 代役 (daiyaku): substitute, substitution 代用 (daiyō): substitution 代理 (dairi): representation, agency 代赭 (taisha): red ocher 代物 (shiromono): thing, article 代掻き, 代き (shirokaki): preparing a rice field for planting 代引き (daibiki): cash on delivery 代待ち (daimachi): waiting in place of someone else 代替え (daigae): substitution, alternation 代稽古 (daigeiko): substitute teaching 代執行 (daishikkō): carrying out by proxy 代神楽 (daikagura): grand kagura performance 代諾者 (daidakusha): legal representative

代当主 (daitōshu): n-th generation head of a family 代動詞 (daidōshi): pro-verb 代燃車 (dainensha): car running on substitute fuel 代名詞 (daimeishi): pronoun 代理人 (dairinin): representative, deputy 代議士 (daigishi): member of the Diet 代替エネルギー (daitai enerugī): alternative energy 代名動詞 (daimei-dōshi): pronominal verb 代が変わる (dai ga kawaru): change hands 揚代, 揚げ代 (agedai): fee paid for a geisha 足代 (ashidai): traveling expenses 阿代 (ashiro): Ophidion asiro 網代 (ajiro): wickerwork 網代 (amishiro): dividing up a fishing catch 幾代 (ikuyo): generations, ages 一代 (ichidai): generation, lifetime 永代 (eitai): permanence, eternity 往代 (ōdai): ancient times 形代 (katashiro): representation of a sacred object 壁代 (kabeshiro): separating curtain 神代 (kamiyo, jindai): ancient time 関代 (kandai): relative pronoun 希代, 稀代 (kidai, kitai): rarity, uncommonness 近代 (kindai): present day 玉代 (gyokudai): time charge for a geisha 薬代 (kusuridai): charge for medicine 車代 (kurumadai): carfare, cartage fee 現代 (gendai): nowadays, modern era 更代 (kōtai): exchange 後代 (kōdai): posterity 古代 (kodai): ancient times 五代 (godai): Five Dynasties 歳代 (-saidai): decade 酒代 (sakudai): alcohol expenses 月代 (sakayaki, tsumashiro): shaved part of the forehead 三代 (sandai): three generations 誌代 (shidai): magazine's price 昭代 (shōdai): glorious reign 初代 (shodai): first generation 身代 (shindai): fortune, property 次代 (jidai): the next era 時代 (jidai): period, epoch 重代 (jūdai): successive generations 上代 (jōdai, uwadai): ancient times 城代 (jōdai): chamberlain 聖代 (seidai): magnificent imperial reign 盛代 (seidai): prosperous era 世代 (sedai): generation, the world 先代 (sendai): family predecessor 舌代 (zetsudai, shitadai): a notice 前代 (zendai): previous generation 総代 (sōdai): representative 大代 (daidai): main telephone number 地代 (chidai, jidai): land rent 茶代 (chadai): a tip 帳代 (chōdai): curtained sleeping platform 手代 (tedai): sales clerk 当代 (tōdai): the present age 名代 (nadai): well-known, fame 名代 (myōdai): proxy, representative 苗代 (nawashiro, naeshiro): rice nursery 年代 (nendai): age, era 糊代 (norishiro): overlap width 花代 (hanadai): price of flowers 場代 (badai): rent, cover charge

番代 (bandai): taking turns 本代 (hondai): money for books 間代 (madai): room rent 末代 (matsudai): forever, in perpetuity 御代 (miyo): imperial reign 明代 (mindai): Ming dynasty 無代 (mudai): free of charge 餅代 (mochidai): money to see one over the New Year 宿代 (yadodai): hotel charges 力代 (chikarashiro): tax paid to avoid forced labor 依代, 依り代, 憑代 (yorishiro): object representative of a divine spirit 累代 (ruidai): successive generations 歴代 (rekidai): successive generations 交代 (kōtai): alternation, change 十代, 10代 (jūdai): the teens 千代 (sendai, chiyo): thousand years 万代 (bandai, mandai, yorozuyo): thousands of years 雪代 (yukishiro): snow water 譜代 (fudai): successive generations 田代芋, 田代薯 (tashiroimo): taccad 何代目 (nandaime): what ordinal number 親の代 (oya no dai): parents' generation 食い代 (kuishiro): food expenses 薬の代 (kusuri no shiro): cost of medicine 削り代 (kezurishiro): cutting stock 綴じ代 (dojishiro): binding margin 取り代, 取代 (torishiro): portion, one's share 縫い代 (nuishiro): margin for a seam 飲み代, 飲代, 呑み代 (nomishiro): drink money 君が代 (kimi ga yo): Imperial reign 締め代 (shimeshiro): interference, jamming 身の代金, 身代金 (minoshirokin): ransom バイト代 (baitodai): earnings from a part-time job 切符代 (kippudai): ticket price 化粧代 (keshōdai): lady's pin money 研削代 (kensakushiro): grinding allowance 師範代 (shihandai): assistant instructor 修理代 (jūridai): cost of repairs 手術代 (shujutsudai): surgery costs 食事代 (shokujidai): cost of a meal 線香代 (senkōdai): fee for a geisha's time 洗濯代 (sentakudai): laundry charges 昼食代 (chūshokudai): lunch price 治療代 (chiryōdai): medical fees 電気代 (denkidai): electric utility expense 暖簾代 (norendai): goodwill 風呂代 (furodai): fee charged at a public bath 部屋代 (heyadai): room rent 弁当代 (bentōdai): lunch money 御霊代 (mitamashiro): symbol for the spirit of the dead 始生代 (shiseidai): Archean 原生代 (genseidai): Proterozoic 顕生代 (kenseidai): Phanerozoic 古生代 (koseidai): Paleozoic 中生代 (chūseidai): Mesozoic 新生代 (shinseidai): Cenozoic 大正の代 (taishō no yo): Taisho era 天神七代 (tenjin-shichidai): seven generations of celestial deities 強直間代発作 (kyōchoku-kandai-hossa): tonic-clonic seizure 千九百年代 (sen kyūhyaku-nen dai): the 1900's 明治天皇の代に (meiji tennō no yo ni): under Emperor Meiji's rule

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Korean

Hanja

代 (hangeul 대, revised dae, McCune-Reischauer tae)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

代 (pinyin dài (dai4), Wade-Giles tai⁴)

Compounds

• 代办
• 代笔
• 代表
• 代词
• 代偿
• 代称
• 代代花
• 代父
• 代沟
• 代购
• 代号
• 代价
• 代金
• 代课
• 代劳
• 代理
• 代码
• 代培
• 代乳粉
• 代名詞
• 代书
• 代数
• 代替
• 代为
• 代销
• 代谢
• 代言人
• 代用
• 年代
• 現代 (xiàn dài)

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Vietnamese

Han character

代 (đại, đời, rượi, đãi)

References

• Nom Foundation