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Kanji for Generation
The kanji for “generation” is 代, read dai and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
generation
A generation or era; something handed down through time.
5 strokes On reading ダイ、タイ (dai, tai) Kun reading かわる、かわり、がわり (kawaru, kawari, gawari) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period
Readings used for names on Nazuke: dai, yo
In Japan it appears in about 2,267 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 代: Diamond 代望道
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