Character: 代
Modern (Beijing) reading: dài
Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ǝ̄ks
Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ǝ̄h
Western Han Chinese: lǝ̄h (~ Łh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: l(h)ǝ̄h
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)ǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: dʌ̀j
English meaning : to substitute, take place of, supercede
Russian meaning[s]: 1) заменять, замещать; замена; взамен (кого-л.); за; для; 2) быть представителем; представитель, агент; от имени; 3) сменяться; смена, поколение; 4) эпоха; эра; династия; 5) Дай (фамилия)
Comments: Also used for 'generation' ( < 'superceding'). Probable loans from the same source are Viet. d_ô`i 'to change, to exchange, to alter'; Viet. d_ò'i 'life, existence; generation'.
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 6717
Karlgren code: 0918 i-j
Vietnamese reading: d_ại
