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Mythic Mandarin

代表 (dài biǎo): meaning and stroke order

代表 (dài biǎo) means representative, delegate, CL:位个,名, to represent, to stand for, on behalf of.

代表

Simplified
代表
Traditional
代表 (same form)
Pinyin
dài biǎo

Stroke order of 代表

代

  • dài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

表

  • biǎo exterior surface; family relationship via females
  • biǎo watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 錶

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 代表

  1. dài biǎo
    • representative
    • delegate
    • CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]
    • to represent
    • to stand for
    • on behalf of
    • in the name of

Radicals of the characters

代
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 5 strokes · 亻 on the left, 弋 on the right
表
Radical 衣 (Kangxi radical 145) · 8 strokes · 龶 on top, 𧘇 below

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.

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).