Character

代

dài HSK 5
代 dài HSK 5
  • 1. to substitute; to replace
  • 2. to act as agent; to deputize
  • 3. a surname
  • 4. a historical period; an era
  • 5. a dynasty
  • 6. a generation in a lineage
  • 7. the second level of geological time division, above which is eon (宙) and below which is period (纪); e.g. the Phanerozoic eon is divided into the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras; the corresponding stratigraphic unit is called 界
Words using 代 as dài (24)
Structure & writing
代 dài — to substitute; to replace
代 is a component in 2 characters

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1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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