| 144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5763 | Morohashi |
| 2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
| 467 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 0024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 591c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
| 229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30095 | Morohashi |
| 3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 879 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 81ea | 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 |