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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

麦

7 strokes
Radical:
wheat 麥
Parts:
二 亠 土 夂 麦
Variants:
麥
barley, wheat
Kun:
むぎ
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1615 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 麦芽 【バクガ】 malt
  • 麦価 【バクカ】 price of wheat
  • 精麦 【セイバク】 polished barley or wheat
  • 米麦 【ベイバク】 rice and barley, corn

Kun reading compounds

  • 麦 【むぎ】 wheat, barley, oat (oats)
  • 麦茶 【むぎちゃ】 barley tea
  • はだか麦 【はだかむぎ】 naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
  • 毒麦 【どくむぎ】 darnel (Lolium temulentum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai4
Korean:
maeg

Spanish

  • cebada
  • trigo

Portuguese

  • cevada
  • trigo

French

  • orge
  • blé
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
213 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
194 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1411 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5385 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
816 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1020 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
456 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
270 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
270 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
637 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
400 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3061 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1547 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47718 Morohashi
2408 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7030 New Nelson (John Haig)
1533 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1653 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
4i4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
5024.7 Four corner code
1-39-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ea6 Unicode hex code

若

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 ノ 口 艾
young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Kun:
わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
On:
ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 若年 【ジャクネン】 youth
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 瞠若 【ドウジャク】 (staring in) astonishment, amazement
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 般若 【ハンニャ】 prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment), hannya, mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy), dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy), terrifying facial expression
  • 麦般若 【ムギハンニャ】 beer

Kun reading compounds

  • 若い 【わかい】 young, youthful, immature, green, low (number), small
  • 若い頃 【わかいころ】 one's youth, early life, one's early days, one's early years
  • 若し 【もし】 if, in case, supposing
  • 若しかしたら 【もしかしたら】 perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance
  • 若しくは 【もしくは】 or, otherwise
  • 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as

Readings

Japanese names:
わく、 わこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruo4, re3
Korean:
yag, ya

Spanish

  • joven
  • algunos
  • posiblemente
  • de otra forma

Portuguese

  • jovem
  • se
  • talvez
  • possivelmente
  • número baixo
  • imaturo

French

  • jeune
  • si
  • peut-être
  • ou bien
  • petit nombre
  • inexpérimenté
  • immature
896 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
886 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
372 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3926 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
982 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
863 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
692 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.15 Japanese for Busy People
544 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
125 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
648 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2785 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
228 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30796P Morohashi
2241 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5007 New Nelson (John Haig)
223 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
391 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
864 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-28-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82e5 Unicode hex code

葉

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 木 世
leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Kun:
は
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
  • 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
  • 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
  • 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe

Kun reading compounds

  • 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
  • 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
  • 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
よ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2, ye4, she4
Korean:
yeob, seob

Spanish

  • hoja
  • contador de cosas planas
  • follaje

Portuguese

  • folha
  • avião
  • ponta
  • agulha
  • lâmina
  • lança
  • sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas

French

  • feuille
  • lobe
  • aiguille
  • brin (herbe)
  • fragment
  • compteur d'objets plats
327 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
428 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
405 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
405 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
569 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2912 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
233 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31387P Morohashi
2321 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5129 New Nelson (John Haig)
228 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
275 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
412 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-45-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8449 Unicode hex code