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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

胆

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
一 日 月
Variants:
膽 膻
gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve
Kun:
きも
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1449 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肝 【キモ】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 胆石 【タンセキ】 gallstone
  • 魂胆 【コンタン】 ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances, intricacies
  • 豪胆 【ゴウタン】 bold, daring, dauntless, intrepid, stout-hearted

Kun reading compounds

  • 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • vesícula biliar
  • valor
  • espíritu
  • nervio

Portuguese

  • Bexiga irritadaa
  • coragem
  • orgãos internos
  • nervos

French

  • vésicule biliaire
  • courage
  • cran
1564 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1660 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1466 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1671 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
845 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1273 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1347 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1344 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1027 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29354 Morohashi
919 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4790 New Nelson (John Haig)
31 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
31 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3972 2001 Kanji
4b5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7621.0 Four corner code
1-35-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80c6 Unicode hex code

奔

8 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
一 ノ 十 大 廾
run, bustle
Kun:
はし.る
On:
ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1884 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奔放 【ホンポウ】 wild, uninhibited, extravagant, rampant
  • 奔走 【ホンソウ】 running about, making every effort (to do), busying oneself (with), being busily engaged (in), good offices, efforts
  • 狂奔 【キョウホン】 rushing around, running wild

Kun reading compounds

  • 走る 【はしる】 to run, to run (of a vehicle), to drive, to travel, to move, to sail, to rush (to), to dash, to race, to retreat, to flee, to defect (to), to run away, to abscond, to elope, to flash (of lightning), to streak, to shoot (through; e.g. of pain), to run (through), to flare, to flit (e.g. across one's face), to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.), to go (e.g. bad, to extremes), to become, to turn, to take to (e.g. crime), to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions), to get involved in, to get wrapped up in, to run (through; of a road, street, etc.), to extend (e.g. of a mountain range), to stretch, to lie

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ben1, ben4
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • apresurarse
  • correr

Portuguese

  • tumulto
  • correria

French

  • courir
  • agitation
  • précipitation
1825 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1866 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1175 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1438 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1659 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1773 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1819 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
416 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2758 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1204 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5921X Morohashi
2218 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1148 New Nelson (John Haig)
1196 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1280 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1162 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2k6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4-8-4 SKIP code
4044.4 Four corner code
4044.3 Four corner code
1-43-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5954 Unicode hex code

放

8 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
方 乞 攵
set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
Kun:
はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 放火 【ホウカ】 arson, setting fire
  • 放映 【ホウエイ】 televising, broadcasting, airing
  • 豪放 【ゴウホウ】 largehearted, frank, unaffected
  • 性解放 【セイカイホウ】 sexual liberation, emancipation from gender restrictions

Kun reading compounds

  • 放す 【はなす】 to release, to let go, to free, to set free, to let loose, to turn loose, to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
  • 放つ 【はなつ】 to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.), to shoot, to hit (e.g. baseball), to break wind, to set free, to release, to let loose, to emit (e.g. light), to give off (e.g. a scent), to send out (a person to carry out a duty), to set fire to
  • 放れる 【はなれる】 to get free (from), to be freed, to be released
  • 放く 【こく】 to expel (from the body), to let off (a fart), to let out, to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.), to say, to do
  • 放る 【ほうる】 to throw, to fling, to hurl, to toss, to neglect, to abandon, to leave alone, to give up on, to leave undone, to leave unfinished

Readings

Japanese names:
はなれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang4
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dejar libre
  • soltar
  • liberar
  • emitir
  • separarse
  • abandonar

Portuguese

  • libertar
  • liberação
  • fogo
  • disparar
  • emitir
  • banir
  • liberar

French

  • libérer
  • relâcher
  • renvoyer
  • enflammer
  • bannir
  • émettre
512 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
414 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
391 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
282 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2084 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
287 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
585 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
606 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
512 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
723 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
935 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1058 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
570 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
507 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13133 Morohashi
853 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2333 New Nelson (John Haig)
496 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
325 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
314 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4h4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-42-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653e Unicode hex code