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大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
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)
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

塚

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
冖 土 豕
Variants:
hillock, mound
Kun:
つか、 -づか
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
869 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 陪塚 【バイチョウ】 subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period), satellite burial mound

Kun reading compounds

  • 塚 【つか】 mound, heap, hillock, burial mound, tomb, tumulus, barrow, gravesite, standing stone, stone signpost, roadside stone statue
  • 塚穴 【つかあな】 grave
  • 高塚 【たかつか】 tumulus, burial mound

Readings

Japanese names:
ずか、 つ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong3
Korean:
chong

Spanish

  • altozano
  • montículo

Portuguese

  • morro
  • monte

French

  • butte
  • tertre
  • borne
  • tombe
1607 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
782 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1104 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1163 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1844 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1751 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1875 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1889 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
381 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
675 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
406 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1048 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5345 Morohashi
556 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1048 New Nelson (John Haig)
1039 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1515 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1451 2001 Kanji
3b9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4713.2 Four corner code
1-36-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
585a Unicode hex code

博

12 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
丶 十 寸 田
Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
On:
ハク、 バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
  • 博物 【ハクブツ】 natural history, wide learning, broad area of learning
  • 文博 【ブンハク】 doctor of literature
  • 医博 【イハク】 doctor of medicine, MD
  • 博 【ハク】 doctor, PhD, exposition, fair, exhibition
  • 博徒 【バクト】 gambler
  • 賭博 【トバク】 gambling
  • 伝助賭博 【デンスケトバク】 deceptive betting game (such as the shell game), street fraud, trickery, densuke, roulette-like deceptive street gambling

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐれ、 と、 はか、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • Dr. (doctorado, Ph.D.)
  • exposición
  • feria
  • estima
  • ovación
  • vencedor por aclamación

Portuguese

  • Dr.
  • comando
  • estima
  • vencedor por aclamação
  • Ph.D.
  • exposição
  • feira

French

  • docteur
  • ovation
  • estimé
  • exposition
  • foire
  • gain
695 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
593 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
564 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
802 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
787 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
525 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1112 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1534 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
601 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
611 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
249 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
170 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
112 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2761P Morohashi
151 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
621 New Nelson (John Haig)
47 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
48 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
2k10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
4304.6 Four corner code
1-39-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
535a Unicode hex code

紀

9 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 已 幺 糸
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紀 【キ】 period, Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE), Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan, Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
  • 紀元前 【キゲンゼン】 pre-era, BC, BCE
  • デボン紀 【デボンキ】 Devonian period
  • 前世紀 【ゼンセイキ】 last century, previous century, ancient times, old times

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ、 ただす、 とし、 とも、 のり、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • crónica
  • normas
  • era

Portuguese

  • crônica
  • contos
  • narrativa
  • história
  • anais
  • período geológico

French

  • chronique
  • compte-rendu
  • narration
  • histoire
  • annales
  • ère géologique
578 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
472 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
449 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
930 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3497 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
666 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1619 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
372 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
373 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
634 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1512 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1628 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
856 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1366 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27234 Morohashi
1276 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4439 New Nelson (John Haig)
1354 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1454 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
521 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2791.7 Four corner code
1-21-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d00 Unicode hex code