# 代 — Substitute

Frequency rank 63 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 月 (Moon), less common than 何 (What).

- On’yomi: だい、たい
- Kun’yomi: か、よ、しろ
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 5

The groom dies an hour before his wedding.

In words:

- 代わり かわり — substitute,alternate
- 代 しろ — price;materials;substitution
- 代る かわる — (v5r,vi) to take the place of,to relieve,to be substituted for

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