Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
Kun:
よ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
906 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 依然 【イゼン】 still, as yet, as it has been
  • 委嘱 【イショク】 commissioning, entrusting (with), request, appointment (to a position)
  • 依々 【イイ】 affectionately attached, reluctant to part
  • 憑依 【ヒョウイ】 possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.), dependence (on)
  • 依蘭苔 【エイランタイ】 Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica), Iceland lichen
  • 依怙 【エコ】 favoritism, favouritism, partiality, prejudice, bias
  • 帰依 【キエ】 becoming a devout believer, (religious) conversion

Kun reading compounds

  • 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at

Readings

Japanese names:
よ、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • confiar en
  • depender de
  • estar basado en

Portuguese

  • confiante
  • contar com
  • consequentemente
  • portanto
  • devido para

French

  • dépendant
  • par conséquent
  • donc
  • dû à
1001 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1177 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
426 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1135 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
316 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
780 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
678 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
890 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
85 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
93 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
61 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
65 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
607 Morohashi
84 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
191 New Nelson (John Haig)
971 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1045 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1148 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2165 2001 Kanji
2a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2023.2 Four corner code
1-16-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f9d Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
  • 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
  • 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
  • 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
  • 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
  • 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
  • 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
  • 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless

Kun reading compounds

  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
  • 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
  • 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
  • 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
  • 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • generación
  • reinado
  • sustituir
  • reemplazar
  • relevar

Portuguese

  • substituto
  • mudança
  • convertido
  • repor
  • período
  • idade
  • geração
  • carga
  • valor
  • taxa

French

  • substituer
  • changer
  • convertir
  • remplacer
  • période
  • âge
  • ère
  • génération
  • montant d'argent
  • taux
  • prix
  • redevance
463 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
68 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
85 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
111 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
125 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
256 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
256 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
413 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
61 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
34 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1014 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
386 Morohashi
30 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
125 New Nelson (John Haig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1080 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
87 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
257 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
2324.0 Four corner code
1-34-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee3 Unicode hex code