take the place of, stand in for

Depicts two people () standing side-by-side, one person higher and one person lower. Represents one person taking the place of another. The component was added at the bottom to distinguish from , which also depicts two people standing side-by-side.

Components
夫 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

man

夫 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

man

曰 distinguishing component

  Distinguishing component

yuē

  

say

Evolution

替 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
替 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
替 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
替 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
替 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

change, replace, substitute for; to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for

Most common words with 替
Freq.
Word
Meaning

for

代替

to replace

替代

to replace

替补

a substitute

替换

to exchange

Component uses

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