| 816 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 969 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4028 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 444 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1990 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 811 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 830 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 800 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 407 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2939 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1510 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2046 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 311 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5801P | Morohashi |
| 2336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1131 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 305 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 783 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
943 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夢中 【ムチュウ】 absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to, forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium, within a dream, while dreaming
- 夢想 【ムソウ】 dream, vision, reverie
- 同床異夢 【ドウショウイム】 cohabiting but living in different worlds
- 怪夢 【カイム】 strange dream
Kun reading compounds
- 夢 【ゆめ】 dream
- 夢にも 【ゆめにも】 (not) in the slightest, (not) at all
- 初夢 【はつゆめ】 first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck), dream on the night of setsubun
- 逆夢 【さかゆめ】 a dream which is contradicted by reality
- 夢見る 【ゆめみる】 to dream (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- mong
Spanish
- sueño
- visión
- ilusión
Portuguese
- sonho
- visão
- ilusão
French
- rêve
- vision
- illusion
| 1960 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k10.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 4420.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5922 | Unicode hex code |
gigantic, big, large, great
- On:
- キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
892 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巨匠 【キョショウ】 master, masterhand, maestro
- 巨額 【キョガク】 huge sum (esp. of money), enormous sum, massive amount
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 か、 こ、 なお
- Korean:
- geo
Spanish
- gigantesco
- grande
- gran
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
- gigantesco
French
- gigantesque
- grand
- gros
| 1153 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 764 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 758 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1537 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 491 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 199 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1293 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1368 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1004 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 235 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3773 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 864 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8722X | Morohashi |
| 3039 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1534 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 856 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 920 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1041 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2t2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 7171.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5de8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
| 294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 43490 | Morohashi |
| 1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3061 | 2001 Kanji |
| 9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-9 | SKIP code |
| 1118.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 982d | Unicode hex code |