代 (dài): meaning and stroke order
代 (dài) means to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute.
代
- Simplified
- 代
- Traditional
- 代 (same form)
- Pinyin
- dài
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Stroke order of 代
代
- dài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
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Meaning of 代
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dài
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
- generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
Radical and structure
- 代
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 5 strokes · 亻 on the left, 弋 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 代
- 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
- 后代 hòu dài descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- 时代 Shí dài Time, US weekly news magazine
- 代价 dài jià price; cost
- 代码 dài mǎ code
- 代替 dài tì to replace; to take the place of
- 古代 gǔ dài ancient times
- 代表 dài biǎo representative; delegate
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).