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代 か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee 4 66 5 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic Mister T substitutes an arrow for a toothpick -- The keyword meaning is to replace something with something else, to act for another, to represent. It´s best to stick to the first meaning, because the last two are very close to "mediator" which will come in frame 1761. The idea here is that the arrow is not a toothpick, neither it is changed into one, but it can substitute for one.

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ダイ、タイ す 代わり(かわり): (1) substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing (2) stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor (3) compensation; exchange; return (4) second helping; another cup; seconds (5) upcoming program; upcoming programme代(よ): world; society; age; generation時代(じだい): (1) period; epoch; era; age (2) the times; those days (3) oldness; ancientness; antiquity (4) antique; period piece代表(だいひょう): representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model現代(げんだい): nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day世代(せだい): generation; the world; the age近代(きんだい): present day; modern times代理(だいり): representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.)代金(だいきん): price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill古代(こだい): ancient times年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date代名詞(だいめいし): (1) pronoun (2) synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative代用(だいよう): substitution代わる(かわる): (1) to succeed; to relieve; to replace (2) to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent (3) to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch代弁(だいべん): pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation代わる代わる(かわるがわる): alternately; by turnsお代わり(おかわり): (1) second helping; another cup; seconds (2) command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand代(しろ): (1) substitution (2) material (3) price (4) margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something (5) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)代(だい): (1) charge; cost; price (2) generation; age; reign (3) (geological) era (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) (5) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc. (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.) (8) proxy application company 3 人: person弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56) 人 2 (none) substitute Mr. T shot the substitute teacher with an arrow.

Kanji	代
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
Nanori	す
English	substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
Examples	代わり(かわり): (1) substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing (2) stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor (3) compensation; exchange; return (4) second helping; another cup; seconds (5) upcoming program; upcoming programme 代(よ): world; society; age; generation 時代(じだい): (1) period; epoch; era; age (2) the times; those days (3) oldness; ancientness; antiquity (4) antique; period piece 代表(だいひょう): representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model 現代(げんだい): nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day 世代(せだい): generation; the world; the age 近代(きんだい): present day; modern times 代理(だいり): representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) 代金(だいきん): price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill 古代(こだい): ancient times 年代(ねんだい): age; era; period; date 代名詞(だいめいし): (1) pronoun (2) synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative 代用(だいよう): substitution 代わる(かわる): (1) to succeed; to relieve; to replace (2) to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent (3) to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch 代弁(だいべん): pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another 先代(せんだい): family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 代わる代わる(かわるがわる): alternately; by turns お代わり(おかわり): (1) second helping; another cup; seconds (2) command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand 代(しろ): (1) substitution (2) material (3) price (4) margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something (5) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) 代(だい): (1) charge; cost; price (2) generation; age; reign (3) (geological) era (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) (5) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number (6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc. (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.) (8) proxy application company
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	66
Components	人: person 弋: piling; ceremony radical (no. 56)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	substitute
Koohii Story 1	Mister T substitutes an arrow for a toothpick -- The keyword meaning is to replace something with something else, to act for another, to represent. It´s best to stick to the first meaning, because the last two are very close to "mediator" which will come in frame 1761. The idea here is that the arrow is not a toothpick, neither it is changed into one, but it can substitute for one.
Koohii Story 2	Mr. T shot the substitute teacher with an arrow.

Age Substitute Proxy Era Modern Alternate Deputy Helping