Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
large, big
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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.)
  • 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

11 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
Variants:
military officer, jailer, old man, rank
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2007 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尉官 【イカン】 officer below the rank of major, company officer
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 少尉 【ショウイ】 second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
  • 尉 【ジョウ】 inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system), old man, white ash (of charcoal)
  • 尉鶲 【ジョウビタキ】 Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • 黒式尉 【コクシキジョウ】 noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4, yu4
Korean:
wi, ul

Spanish

  • oficial militar
  • carcelero
  • rango
  • viejo

Portuguese

  • oficial militar
  • carcereiro
  • velho
  • posição

French

  • officier
  • geôlier
  • vieil homme
  • rang
1004 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1765 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
231 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1232 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1223 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1617 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1725 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
507 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1104 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7440 Morohashi
1685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1383 New Nelson (John Haig)
1095 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1176 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1423 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3748 2001 Kanji
4e6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7420.0 Four corner code
1-16-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c09 Unicode hex code