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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

錦

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
巾 白 金
brocade, fine dress, honors
Kun:
にしき
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1440 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 錦衣 【キンイ】 fine clothes, beautiful kimono, Japanese brocade
  • 錦衣玉食 【キンイギョクショク】 beautiful clothes and fine food, life of luxury
  • 蜀錦 【ショッキン】 type of brocade

Kun reading compounds

  • 錦 【にしき】 brocade, fine dress, fine clothes
  • 錦絵 【にしきえ】 nishiki-e, multi-colour woodblock print
  • 蜀江の錦 【しょっこうのにしき】 type of red brocade originally from the ancient Chinese country of Shu and passed on in Japan, type of brocade made in Sichuan during the Ming period
  • 綾錦 【あやにしき】 twill damask and brocade

Readings

Japanese names:
かね、 あや、 にし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • brocado
  • vestido fino
  • bello

Portuguese

French

  • brocart
  • belle robe
  • honneurs
1512 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4882 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1926 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2525 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2256 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1252 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2181 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1144 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
418 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40569 Morohashi
1738 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6301 New Nelson (John Haig)
411 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
439 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8612.7 Four corner code
1-22-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9326 Unicode hex code

五

4 strokes
Radical:
two 二
Parts:
五
five
Kun:
いつ、 いつ.つ
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
31 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 五 【ゴ】 five, 5
  • ５月 【ゴガツ】 May, fifth month of the lunar calendar
  • 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
  • 第五 【ダイゴ】 fifth

Kun reading compounds

  • 五 【ご】 five, 5
  • 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
  • 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
  • 五つ子 【いつつご】 quintuplets

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 さ、 さつ、 ち、 ふ、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu3
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • cinco
  • 5

Portuguese

  • cinco

French

  • cinq
5 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
5 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
19 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
14 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
15 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
91 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
7 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
7 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
32 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4244 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2142 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2892 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
5 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
257 Morohashi
3436 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
77 New Nelson (John Haig)
5 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
5 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
23 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3173 2001 Kanji
0a4.27 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1010.7 Four corner code
1-24-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e94 Unicode hex code

郎

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 艮
Variants:
郒
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code