era
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 弋 represents the sound.
person — 亻 is a component form of 人.
shoot — The pronunciation of 代 was similar to 弋 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.
Appears in
Characters that use 代 as a component, most common first.
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