Jisho

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巨

5 strokes (also 4)
Radical:
work 工
Parts:
匚 巨
gigantic, big, large, great
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
892 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 巨匠 【キョショウ】 master, masterhand, maestro
  • 巨額 【キョガク】 huge sum (esp. of money), enormous sum, massive amount

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 か、 こ、 なお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • gigantesco
  • grande
  • gran

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme
  • gigantesco

French

  • gigantesque
  • grand
  • gros
1153 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
764 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
758 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1537 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
491 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
199 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1293 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1368 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1004 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
235 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3773 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1924 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2616 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
864 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8722X Morohashi
3039 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534 New Nelson (John Haig)
856 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
920 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1041 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.7 Four corner code
1-21-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de8 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

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
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

氷

5 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
丶 水
Variants:
冰
icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
Kun:
こおり、 ひ、 こお.る
On:
ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
  • 氷山 【ヒョウザン】 iceberg
  • 海氷 【カイヒョウ】 sea ice
  • 解氷 【カイヒョウ】 a thaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 氷 【こおり】 ice, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
  • 氷水 【こおりみず】 ice water, shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
  • 人造氷 【じんぞうこおり】 artificial ice
  • 雪氷 【せっぴょう】 snow and ice, snow ice, frozen snow
  • 氷 【ひ】 ice, hail
  • 氷柱 【つらら】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice
  • 薄ら氷 【うすらひ】 thin ice
  • 凍る 【こおる】 to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over

Readings

Japanese names:
すい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing1
Korean:
bing

Spanish

  • hielo
  • congelado

Portuguese

  • estalactite
  • gelo
  • granizo
  • geada
  • congela

French

  • glace
  • glaçon
  • grêle
  • geler
  • congeler
498 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
401 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
378 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1222 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
131 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
820 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
662 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
140 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1269 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1153 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
43 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
133 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17087 Morohashi
39 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3032 New Nelson (John Haig)
131 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
259 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-3 SKIP code
3223.0 Four corner code
1-41-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c37 Unicode hex code

惑

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
口 心 戈
Variants:
beguile, delusion, perplexity
Kun:
まど.う
On:
ワク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
777 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 惑 【ワク】 klesha
  • 惑星 【ワクセイ】 planet, dark horse, surprise contender
  • 魅惑 【ミワク】 attraction, fascination, lure, captivation, charm
  • 不惑 【フワク】 past forty, following right course

Kun reading compounds

  • 惑う 【まどう】 to get lost, to lose one's bearings, to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to be confused, to be at a loss, to be tempted, to be seduced, to be captivated

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4
Korean:
hog

Spanish

  • ilusión
  • engaño
  • duda
  • seducción
  • dudar
  • seducir

Portuguese

  • enganar
  • desilusão
  • perplexidade

French

  • égarer
  • perplexité
  • séduire
1942 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1160 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1710 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
969 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1001 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1071 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
789 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3461 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1783 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2427 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
622 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10789 Morohashi
2786 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1892 New Nelson (John Haig)
614 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
661 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1532 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
4k8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
5333.0 Four corner code
1-47-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60d1 Unicode hex code

星

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 生
Variants:
皨
star, spot, dot, mark
Kun:
ほし、 -ぼし
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
  • 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
  • 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
  • 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
  • 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
  • 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

Kun reading compounds

  • 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
  • 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
  • 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
  • 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • estrella
  • punto pequeño
  • resultado de un juego

Portuguese

  • estrela
  • ponto
  • marca

French

  • étoile
  • point
  • marque
264 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
171 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
154 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
877 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
599 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
946 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
730 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
463 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
973 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1570 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13837 Morohashi
2435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2452 New Nelson (John Haig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-32-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
661f Unicode hex code