Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 代
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
change, replace, generation, age |
Pronunciation |
DAI, TAI
kawaru, yo |
Explanation |
Left: person 亻/人, right: sabre 弋 |
Mnemonic
| The person gives the sabre (it's a heir) to the (next) generation. |
Radicals
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代
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generation | |
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亻
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person | (This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.) |
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弋
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sabre | (The radical shikigamae stands for a sabre. It is similar to kanohoko 戈, which stands for a halbared.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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