Jisho

×

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

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  • 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:
see
Parts:
standard, measure
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 基準 【キジュン】 standard, basis, criterion, norm, reference, datum
  • 規格 【キカク】 standard, norm
  • 内規 【ナイキ】 private regulations, bylaws, internal rules, tradition
  • 正規 【セイキ】 regular, normal, formal, legal, established, legitimate

Readings

Japanese names:
すのり、 ただし、 のり、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui1
Korean:
gyu

Spanish

  • compás
  • regla
  • medida
  • norma

Portuguese

  • padrão
  • medida

French

  • norme
  • mesure
577 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
672 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
643 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
488 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4285 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
527 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
888 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1349 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
607 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
617 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
807 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1644 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1231 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
667 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
890 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
849 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34810 Morohashi
978 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5524 New Nelson (John Haig)
841 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
904 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
453 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
728 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
5c6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
5601.0 Four corner code
1-21-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
898f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
imitation, copy, mock
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
668 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 模型 【モケイ】 model, dummy, maquette
  • 模擬 【モギ】 imitation
  • 小規模 【ショウキボ】 small scale
  • 中規模 【チュウキボ】 mid-range, mid-scale, mid-size

Readings

Japanese names:
がみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo2, mu2
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • patrón
  • modelo
  • molde

Portuguese

  • imitação
  • cópia
  • burla

French

  • imitation
  • copie
  • maquette
  • simulation
992 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
980 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
691 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2345 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1218 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1445 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2104 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1425 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1514 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1160 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1109 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1326 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
720 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
963 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
234 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15453X Morohashi
1050 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2825 New Nelson (John Haig)
229 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
244 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
980 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1863 2001 Kanji
4a10.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4493.4 Four corner code
1-44-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a21 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
210 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 集 【シュウ】 collection, compilation
  • 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
  • 句集 【クシュウ】 collection of haiku poems
  • 歌集 【カシュウ】 collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook

Kun reading compounds

  • 集まる 【あつまる】 to gather, to collect, to assemble
  • 集める 【あつめる】 to collect, to assemble, to gather
  • 集う 【つどう】 to meet, to assemble, to congregate

Readings

Japanese names:
あつまり、 ず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jib

Spanish

  • reunir
  • coleccionar
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • juntar
  • reunião
  • congregar
  • enxame
  • bando

French

  • rassembler
  • réunir
  • collection
  • grouiller
  • attroupement
243 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
324 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
309 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
168 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5031 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
279 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
272 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1779 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
436 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
442 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41974 Morohashi
2771 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6500 New Nelson (John Haig)
559 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
601 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
224 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
8c4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2090.4 Four corner code
1-29-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c6 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
541 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 積 【セキ】 product, volume, area
  • 積載 【セキサイ】 loading, carrying
  • 作付面積 【サクヅケメンセキ】 planted area
  • 蓄積 【チクセキ】 accumulation, accumulate, store

Kun reading compounds

  • 積む 【つむ】 to pile up, to stack, to load (car, ship, etc.), to pack, to acquire, to accumulate
  • 積もる 【つもる】 to pile up, to accumulate, to estimate
  • 積もり 【つもり】 intention, plan, purpose, expectation, belief, assumption, thought, conviction, estimate, estimation, calculation
  • 積り書 【つもりがき】 written estimate
  • お見積もり 【おみつもり】 (price) quotation, quote
  • 相見積もり 【あいみつもり】 (obtaining) quotes from several companies, (fielding) competitive bids, competitive bidding

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 さか、 しゃこ、 ずみ、 つみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
jeog, ja

Spanish

  • amontonar
  • apilar
  • amplitud
  • producto (matemáticas)

Portuguese

  • volume
  • produto (x*y)
  • terras
  • comteúdos
  • empilhar
  • pilha
  • carga
  • acumular

French

  • volume
  • produit (x*y)
  • aire
  • contenu
  • entasser
  • empiler
  • charger
  • amasser
445 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
550 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
521 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
506 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
766 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
784 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
656 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
886 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1448 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1579 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
835 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1557 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25266 Morohashi
1236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4176 New Nelson (John Haig)
1543 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1663 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
632 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2261 2001 Kanji
5d11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-11 SKIP code
2598.6 Four corner code
1-32-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a4d Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
50 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 回 【カイ】 counter for occurrences, a time, an instance, inning (baseball), round, game, episode, chapter, instalment, Hui (people), Islam
  • 回忌 【カイキ】 death anniversary, anniversary of a person's death
  • 初回 【ショカイ】 first time, first innings, initial attempt, first, initial
  • 奪回 【ダッカイ】 recovery, rescue, recapture
  • 回向 【エコウ】 memorial service, prayers for the repose of the soul, transfer of merit
  • 回向偈 【エコウゲ】 closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead

Kun reading compounds

  • 回る 【まわる】 to turn, to rotate, to revolve, to spin, to go around, to circle, to revolve around, to orbit, to make the rounds (of), to go around (several places), to travel around, to make a tour of, to patrol, to go by way of, to go via, to stop by (on the way), to take a roundabout route, to make a detour, to move around (to another place or position), to come around, to go over (e.g. to the opposing side), to come around (of one's turn), to be passed around (of a cup, circular, etc.), to function, to work well, to spread, to extend (to; e.g. of one's attention), to reach, to take effect (of alcohol, poison, etc.), to pass (a time), to turn (e.g. 5 o'clock), to earn interest, to ... around, to ... about
  • 回す 【まわす】 to turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate, to pass around, to send around, to hand around, to circulate, to move (someone or something to where its needed), to send, to bring, to transfer, to forward, to direct, to submit, to turn (to a new use), to use (for something else), to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine), to start up (e.g. an engine), to give (something) a spin, to put (someone in a position), to make (e.g. an enemy of), to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play), to do all over, to do everywhere, to do completely, to surround (something) with, to enclose with, to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist), to reach around, to invest (money), to lend, to dial (a telephone number), to gang-rape, to operate (e.g. business, shop)
  • 回る 【もとおる】 to wander around

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui2
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • girar
  • volver al principio
  • evitar
  • vez
  • dar vueltas
  • rodar

Portuguese

  • -vêzes
  • redondo
  • jogo
  • revolver
  • sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências
  • girar

French

  • tourner
  • fois
  • rond
  • manche (jeu)
  • tour
  • révolution
  • récurrence
  • compteur de fois
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
86 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
64 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1028 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
571 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
141 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
90 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
162 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
338 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3793 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2630 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
593 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4690 Morohashi
3055 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
941 New Nelson (John Haig)
586 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
630 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
421 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
118 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3s3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6060.0 Four corner code
1-18-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56de Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
Variants:
path, route, road, distance
Kun:
-じみち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 路上 【ロジョウ】 on the road, on the street, in the street, on the way
  • 路地 【ロジ】 alley, alleyway, lane, path through a gate or garden, teahouse garden
  • 活路 【カツロ】 means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty
  • 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
  • 路加 【ルカ】 St Luke

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 道草 【みちくさ】 loitering on the way, wayside grass
  • 長路 【ながみち】 long road, far journey
  • 脇道 【わきみち】 side road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • camino
  • ruta
  • carretera

Portuguese

  • caminho
  • rota
  • estrada
  • distância

French

  • chemin
  • route
  • distance
540 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
415 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
367 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4561 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
935 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1925 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
151 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
533 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1764 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1936 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1290 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37524 Morohashi
1533 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5876 New Nelson (John Haig)
1282 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1376 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
425 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
7d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6716.4 Four corner code
1-47-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8def Unicode hex code