代 dài replace
Made up of [亻 rén Person (radical) radical 9, 弋 yì catch; shoot radical 56]Made with 5 strokes.
A person with calipers which indicate process of copying hence 'replace'
Ancient small seal form 
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Also uses 亻 rén component: 俩 bǐng (both) 倡 chàng (to initiate) ; 但 dàn (but) ; 倒 dào (fall) ; 仿 fǎng (to imitate) ; 份 fèn (portion) ; 供 gōng (to provide) ; 估 gū (estimate) ; 何 hé (what) ; 候 hòu (wait) ; 侯 hóu (nobleman) ; 化 huà (to make into) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 花 huā (flower) ; 健 jiàn (healthy) ; 两 liǎng (pair) ; 们 mén (s) ; 你 nǐ (you) ; 仁 rén (humane) ; 什 shén (what) ; 他 tā (he) ; 位 wèi (position) ; 仙 xiān (immortal) ; 信 xìn (letter) ; 夜 yè (night) ; 亿 yì (100,000,000) ; 攸 yōu (distant) ; 值 zhí (value) ; 住 zhù (to live) ; 传 zhuàn (biography) ; 作 zuò (to do) ; 做 zuò (to make)
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戴 dài (to respect)Different tone
歹 dāi (bad)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo To move beyond current work and meddle in other's duties. To take things into your own hands. A back seat driver.取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī To act as a substitute or replacement for someone.