JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
代 means substitute, change, convert. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 5 strokes, read かわる or だい or たい. It appears in 代わり (substitute / replacement) and 時代 (era / age / period / times).
代 is written in 5 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代わり | かわり | substitute / replacement |
| 時代 | じだい | era / age / period / times |
| 現代 | げんだい | present day / modern times / contemporary |
代 tends to carry the sound たい. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 代 | たい | substitute, change |
| 貸 | たい | lend |
| 袋 | たい | sack, bag |
| 黛 | たい | blackened eyebrows |
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