Memory phrase for the Kanji: 代

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kawaru, yo

Left: person 亻/人, right: sabre 弋

The person gives the sabre (it's a heir) to the (next) generation.

代	generation
亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
弋	sabre	The radical shikigamae* stands for a sabre. It is similar to kanohoko 戈, which stands for a halberd.*

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代る	かわる	to take the place of, to relieve, to be replaced
代える	かえる	to exchange, to interchange, to replace
千代	ちよ	thousand years a very long time
現代	げんだい	nowadays, modern times, present-day
時代	じだい	period, epoch, era
昭和時代	しょうわじだい	Showa period (1926-1989)
交代操業	こうたいそうぎょう	working in shifts
代名詞	だいめいし	pronoun
昭代	しょうだい	glorious reign, enlightened era

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