| 22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5831 | Morohashi |
| 3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 強大 【キョウダイ】 powerful, strong, mighty
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
| 1463 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 4003.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5927 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1454 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虚 【キョ】 unpreparedness, falsehood, Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
- 盈虚 【エイキョ】 waxing and waning (of the moon), phase, rising and falling (of fortune)
- 太虚 【タイキョ】 the sky, the heavens, Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi)
- 虚偽 【キョギ】 falsehood, untruth, lie, misinformation, fallacy
- 虚空 【コクウ】 empty space, empty sky
Kun reading compounds
- 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
- 虚ろ 【うつろ】 cavity, hollow, void, hollow (voice, smile, etc.), blank (eyes, look, etc.), vacant (expression, stare, etc.), empty (words, heart, etc.)
- 虚舟 【うつろぶね】 unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
Readings
- Korean:
- heo
Spanish
- vacío
- vano
- hueco
Portuguese
- vazio
- vacuidade
- despreparo
- abertura
- fissura
- falsidade
French
- vide
- impréparation
- craquelure
- fissure
- contre-vérité
| 1156 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1588 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1484 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1712 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1519 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1572 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1678 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1741 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1601 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4017 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2053 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2778 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2012 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 32708 | Morohashi |
| 3237 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5269 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1993 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2148 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1481 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1274 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-7 | SKIP code |
| 3-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2121.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 865a | Unicode hex code |