Memory phrase for the Kanji: 代


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Meaning

change, replace, generation, age

Pronunciation

DAI, TAI
kawaru, yo

Explanation

Left: person /, right: sabre

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

generation
personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
sabreThe radical shikigamae stands for a sabre. It is similar to kanohoko , which stands for a halbared.
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Vocabulary

 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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