Kanji: 代 substitute
JLPT N4 | 5 Strokes
代
On: だい; たい Kun: か.わる; よ Meaning: substitute |
Kanji Parts:
- 亻 person [variation of 人]
- 弋 arrow; shoot
Mnemonic Story:
The daimyou substituted more people 亻 for arrows 弋 since arrows are cheaper.
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 代名詞【だいめいし】 pronoun
- 時代【じだい】 period; epoch; era; age
- 古代【こだい】 ancient times; distant past; antiquity
古代には恐竜がいたらしい。
It seems there were dinosaurs in ancient times.
- 古代 ancient times; antiquity
- には as for in (ancient times)
- 恐竜 dinosaur
- いた there was; there lived
- らしい it seems; I hear