This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ダイ、タイ、か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ
Romaji: dai, tai, ka.waru, kawa.ru, kawa.ri, ka.wari, -gawa.ri, -ga.wari, ka.eru, yo, shiro
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Kana:
Romaji: su
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Meanings

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  5
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  66
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-2-3
Korean Reading:  dae
Chinese Reading:  dai4
Unicode:  4ee3
JIS:  4265

Indexes

Halpern Index: 30
Nelson Index: 364
New Nelson Index: 125
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a3.3
Four Corner Index: 2324.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 338
Gakken Index: 68
Japanese Names Index: 125
Daikanwanjiten Index: 386
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0611
Remembering the kanji Index: 1005
Busy People Index: 2.10
Kanji Way Index: 87
Kanji Flashcards Index: 111
Kodansha Compact Index: 61
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 358
Kanji in Context Index: 413
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 18
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 18
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1014
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1080
Essential Kanji Index: 85
Kodansha Kanji Index: 34
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2156
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 463
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 257

Words

(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; ~19.83 m.sq.)
()
world; society; age; generation
現代 (げんだい)
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
近代 (きんだい)
present day; modern times
代わり (かわり)
substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange; return; second helping; another cup; seconds; upcoming program; upcoming programme
(だい)
charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun
時代 (じだい)
period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
初代 (しょだい)
first generation; founder
古代 (こだい)
ancient times
世代 (せだい)
generation; the world; the age
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