Radical 亻

5 strokes

person 亻 (13a) + stake 弋 (456a) = substitute 代

现代 (215) xiàndài modern

代表 (436) dàibiǎo to represent; a delegate

[时代 (105) shídài epoch, age, era]

[年代 (168) niándài a decade (of a century)]

Harry is playing football and hurts himself by running into a large stake, so they have to bring on a substitute for him. / The dwarf team manager rolls dice to determine who should replace him.

pile of earth (455a) + a drop 丶 (22a) = stake 弋

This is like “dagger” (32a) but with a stroke missing.

The builders are marking out a building site, using a drop of red paint on a small pile of earth to indicate where each stake should go. / [No pronunciation needed]