代

代 — substitute, change, convert

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #66 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: だい dai

たい tai
Kun'yomi: か.わる ka.waru

かわ.る kawa.ru

かわ.り kawa.ri

か.わり ka.wari

-がわ.り -gawa.ri

-が.わり -ga.wari

か.える ka.eru

よ yo

しろ shiro

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 代

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