1099 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1355 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
784 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1195 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
292 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1411 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
904 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
27 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2113 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1101 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1500 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
473 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
204 | Morohashi |
1679 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
63 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
463 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
502 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1407 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1453 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乾電池 【カンデンチ】 dry cell, battery
- 乾燥 【カンソウ】 dryness, aridity, drying (e.g. clothes), dehydration, desiccation, insipidity
- 速乾 【ソッカン】 drying quickly
- 臘乾 【ラカン】 Chinese smoked and salted ham
- 乾 【ケン】 qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
- 乾位 【ケンイ】 northwest
Kun reading compounds
- 乾く 【かわく】 to get dry
- 乾かす 【かわかす】 to dry (clothes, etc.), to desiccate
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
- 戌亥 【いぬい】 northwest
Readings
- Korean:
- gan, geon
Spanish
- seco
- secar
- secarse
- desecarse
Portuguese
- seca
- dessecar
- evaporar
- paraíso
- imperador
French
- sécheresse
- sécher
- dessécher
- vider (verre)
- cieux
- empereur
1556 | 2001 Kanji |
4c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-3 | SKIP code |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
4841.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e7e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
- 高燥 【コウソウ】 high and dry
Kun reading compounds
- 燥ぐ 【はしゃぐ】 to make merry, to frolic, to be in high spirits
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- secar
- resecar
Portuguese
- ressecar
- secar
French
- dessécher
- être joyeux
1528 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1565 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2810 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1708 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
722 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1656 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1770 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
903 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1272 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1392 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
745 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1009 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
219 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19467 | Morohashi |
1087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3493 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
215 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
228 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1872 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1164 | 2001 Kanji |
4d13.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-13 | SKIP code |
1-1-16 | SKIP code |
9689.4 | Four corner code |
1-33-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
71e5 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
- 麻酔 【マスイ】 anaesthesia, anesthesia
- 大麻 【タイマ】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
- 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)
- 麻雀 【マージャン】 mahjong, mah-jongg
Kun reading compounds
- 麻 【あさ】 cannabis (Cannabis sativa), hemp (plant), hemp (fiber), linen, flax, jute
- 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
- 大麻 【たいま】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
- 絹麻 【きぬあさ】 thin linen polished to appear like silk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あざ、 お
- Korean:
- ma
Spanish
- cáñamo
- lino
- entumecerse
Portuguese
- cânhamo
- linho
French
- chanvre
- lin
1829 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1118 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5390 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1480 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1924 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1508 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1529 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1630 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1414 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1938 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3878 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1995 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
600 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
47888 | Morohashi |
3125 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7040 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
593 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
637 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1502 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
564 | 2001 Kanji |
3q8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-8 | SKIP code |
0029.4 | Four corner code |
1-43-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ebb | Unicode hex code |