代 Substitute

Radical Combination

• ｲ

  Leader
• 弋

  Ceremony

Meaning

Primary

Substitute

Alternative

Era

Mnemonic

The leader for the ceremony can't come so you need to find a substitute ASAP!

This kanji has another meaning too. The leader can't come to the ceremony because they fell through a time vortex into another era. They're trapped in a past era and don't know how to get back to the present, so a substitute will have to replace them in the ceremony.

Hints

Picture the substitute leader, looking all nervous as they get ready to lead the ceremony. Little do they know the real leader is fighting to survive in an ancient era.

Readings

On’yomi

だい, たい

Kun’yomi

か, かわ, よ, しろ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The substitute leader is wearing the wrong color clothes, so you have to dye (だい) them — just like they did in past eras.

Hints

Imagine plunging your hands into a bucket full of dye and sloshing the substitute leader's clothing around in it, olden times-style. It's hard work, but it's not as bad as what the real leader's going through. Rather than dyeing, he's just dying… Dying to get back to the modern era!