01
時代
じだい
era, period
Meanings
- substitute
- change
- convert
- replace
- period
- age
Readings
Onyomi
- ダイ
- タイ
Kunyomi
- か.わる
- かわ.る
- かわ.り
- か.わり
- -がわ.り
- -が.わり
- か.える
- よ
- しろ
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Useful words
02
現代
げんだい
modern era, present day
03
代わりに
かわりに
instead of, in place of
04
代金
だいきん
price, payment, charge
05
代表
だいひょう
representative, representation
06
十代
じゅうだい
one's teens, teenage years
Compare Kanji
01替Meaning87%exchange, spareReplacing is the action version of substitution, so 替 deepens the meaning of 代.02化Shape83%change, take the form ofBoth begin with the person side, but 化 bends into change while 代 adds the slanting 弋.03伐Shape72%fell, strikeThe person side plus a weapon-like right half gives 伐 a sharper visual feel.04世Meaning79%generation, worldGeneration and era meanings make 世 a natural neighbor for 代.05表Meaning70%surface, tableRepresenting someone is one route from 代 toward public expression.06他Component64%other, anotherThe same person side appears in 他, but the right half shifts the meaning to others.