Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
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
Onyomi: ダイ タイ
Composition: 亻 弋
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
時代(じだい) era
現代(げんだい) modern times
世代(せだい) generation
10代(じゅうだい) years between age 10 and 19
70年代(ななじゅうねんだい) seventies
電気代(でんきだい) electric utility expenses
代表する(だいひょうする) represent
交代する(こうたいする) take turns, alternate
代わる(かわる) take the place of [v.i.]
代える(かえる) exchange, replace [v.t.]
明治の代(めいじのよ) Meiji era
身代金(みのしろきん) ransom
代 (ダイ) charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
代官 (ダイカン) local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
大時代 (オオジダイ) old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
次代 (ジダイ) the next era
代謝 (タイシャ) metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
代赭 (タイシャ) red ocher (ochre)
永代 (エイタイ) permanence, eternity
希代 (キタイ) uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
替わる (かわる) to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
代わる代わる (かわるがわる) alternately, by turns
替わる (かわる) to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
代わる代わる (かわるがわる) alternately, by turns
代わり (かわり) substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
代わり合う (かわりあう) to relieve each other, to take turns (to do)
代わり (かわり) substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
代わり合う (かわりあう) to relieve each other, to take turns (to do)
換える (かえる) to replace, to exchange, to interchange, to substitute
世 (よ) world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
代々 (だいだい) for generations, hereditary, generation after generation
千代 (ちよ) thousand years, very long period, forever
君が代 (きみがよ) Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
代 (しろ) substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
代物 (しろもの) article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
地代 (ちだい) land rent
阿代 (あしろ) Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
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
Onyomi: ダイ タイ
Composition: 亻 弋
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
時代(じだい) era
現代(げんだい) modern times
世代(せだい) generation
10代(じゅうだい) years between age 10 and 19
70年代(ななじゅうねんだい) seventies
電気代(でんきだい) electric utility expenses
代表する(だいひょうする) represent
交代する(こうたいする) take turns, alternate
代わる(かわる) take the place of [v.i.]
代える(かえる) exchange, replace [v.t.]
明治の代(めいじのよ) Meiji era
身代金(みのしろきん) ransom
代 (ダイ) charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
代官 (ダイカン) local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
大時代 (オオジダイ) old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
次代 (ジダイ) the next era
代謝 (タイシャ) metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
代赭 (タイシャ) red ocher (ochre)
永代 (エイタイ) permanence, eternity
希代 (キタイ) uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
替わる (かわる) to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
代わる代わる (かわるがわる) alternately, by turns
替わる (かわる) to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
代わる代わる (かわるがわる) alternately, by turns
代わり (かわり) substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
代わり合う (かわりあう) to relieve each other, to take turns (to do)
代わり (かわり) substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
代わり合う (かわりあう) to relieve each other, to take turns (to do)
換える (かえる) to replace, to exchange, to interchange, to substitute
世 (よ) world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
代々 (だいだい) for generations, hereditary, generation after generation
千代 (ちよ) thousand years, very long period, forever
君が代 (きみがよ) Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
代 (しろ) substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
代物 (しろもの) article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
地代 (ちだい) land rent
阿代 (あしろ) Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)