| 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 grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
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
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
| 122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39010P | Morohashi |
| 3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 3830.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9053 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
263 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
- 広域 【コウイキ】 wide area, wide view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-out view
- 曠々 【コウコウ】 extensive, spacious
Kun reading compounds
- 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide
- 広い支持 【ひろいしじ】 broad support, wide-ranging support
- 広まる 【ひろまる】 to spread, to be propagated
- 広める 【ひろめる】 to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate, to broaden, to extend, to widen, to enlarge
- 広がる 【ひろがる】 to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)
- 広げる 【ひろげる】 to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll, to unwrap, to scatter about, to spread around, to make flourish, to cause to prosper
Readings
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- amplio
- ancho
- espacioso
- ensancharse
- ensanchar
- extenderse
- extender
Portuguese
- largo
- vasto
- espaçoso
French
- vaste
- large
- spacieux
| 211 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 127 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 114 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 311 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1499 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 303 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 164 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 694 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 707 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 113 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 581 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3769 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1921 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 747 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9224P | Morohashi |
| 3035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1604 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 739 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 799 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 389 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 108 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 571 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3q2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 0023.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e83 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
786 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幸 【サチ】 good luck, fortune, happiness, harvest, yield
- 幸運 【コウウン】 good luck, fortune
- 親不孝 【オヤフコウ】 lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
- 御幸 【ギョウキ】 imperial visit, imperial outing
Kun reading compounds
- 幸い 【さいわい】 happiness, blessedness, luck, fortune, felicity, luckily, fortunately
- 幸いあれ 【さいわいあれ】 be happy!, cheer up!
- 幸 【さち】 good luck, fortune, happiness, harvest, yield
- 幸ある 【さちある】 fortunate, happy, lucky
- 川の幸 【かわのさち】 catch (fish) of the river, products of the river, fruits of the river
- 山幸 【やまさち】 food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.), fruits of the land
- 幸せ 【しあわせ】 happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing
- 幸せにする 【しあわせにする】 to bring someone happiness, to make someone happy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こ、 さき、 さし、 さっ、 とも、 ひろ、 みゆき、 ゆ、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- haeng
Spanish
- felicidad
- bendición
- fortuna
- buena suerte
Portuguese
- felicidade
- benção
- fortuna
French
- joie
- bénédiction
- fortune
| 395 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 295 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 279 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 683 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1073 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 712 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 504 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 661 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 684 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 697 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 894 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 575 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2755 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1408 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1901 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1519 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9176 | Morohashi |
| 2216 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1595 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1505 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1622 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 423 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 297 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1455 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4040.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e78 | Unicode hex code |