Memory phrase for the character: 代

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Left: person 亻, right: saber 弋

The person gives the saber (it's a heir) to the (next) generation.

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
代	generation
弋	shoot, lance	In the explanations this radical is referred as saber.

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启发	qǐ fā
新陈代谢	xīn chén dài xiè	metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
代理人	dài lǐ rén	agent
历代	lì dài	successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
后代	hòu dài	posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations
代谢	dài xiè	replacement; substitution; metabolism (biol.)
近代	jìn dài	modern times
古代	gǔ dài	ancient times; olden times
代替	dài tì	instead; to replace; to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
代表	dài biǎo	representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of
现代化	xiàn dài huà	modernization
现代化	xiàn dài huà

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