| 1817 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1589 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3818 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1682 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1145 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1198 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1354 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1043 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1380 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1735 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29861 | Morohashi |
| 1084 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4874 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1719 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1855 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1835 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 膨張 【ボウチョウ】 expansion, swelling, increase, growth
- 膨大 【ボウダイ】 huge, vast, enormous, colossal, extensive, large, swelling, expansion
- 海膨 【カイボウ】 rise
Kun reading compounds
- 膨らむ 【ふくらむ】 to expand, to swell (out), to get big, to become inflated
- 膨れる 【ふくれる】 to swell (out), to expand, to be inflated, to distend, to bulge, to get cross, to get sulky, to pout
Readings
- Korean:
- paeng
Spanish
- hinchado
- inflado
- hincharse
- inflarse
- hinchar
- inflar
Portuguese
- inchar
- engordar
- espesso
French
- gonfler
- grossir
- épais
| 3960 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-12 | SKIP code |
| 7222.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81a8 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |