| 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.)
- 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
- 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
1095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 老杉 【ロウサン】 old cryptomeria
Kun reading compounds
- 杉 【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
- 杉戸 【すぎど】 door made of cedar
- 台杉 【だいすぎ】 coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
- 神代杉 【じんだいすぎ】 lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar
Readings
- Korean:
- sam
Spanish
- cedro
Portuguese
- cedro
French
- cèdre
- cryptomère
| 1467 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 910 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2190 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1941 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1418 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 425 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1872 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2033 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1357 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1072 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1027 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 557 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 737 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1729 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14452 | Morohashi |
| 832 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1713 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1849 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1136 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1860 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4292.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6749 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苔状 【タイジョウ】 mossy
- 苔癬 【タイセン】 lichen
- 青苔 【セイタイ】 green moss
- 掃苔 【ソウタイ】 visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone
Kun reading compounds
- 苔 【こけ】 moss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
- コケ植物 【コケしょくぶつ】 bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
Readings
- Korean:
- tae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3921 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 929 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2792 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1935 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 30778X | Morohashi |
| 5001 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2356 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2443 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3k5.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4460.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82d4 | Unicode hex code |