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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

円

4 strokes
Radical:
open country 冂
Parts:
一 ｜ 亠 冂
Variants:
圓
circle, yen, round
Kun:
まる.い、 まる、 まど、 まど.か、 まろ.やか
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
69 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 円 【エン】 yen (Japanese monetary unit), circle
  • 円滑 【エンカツ】 smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
  • 楕円 【ダエン】 ellipse
  • 同心円 【ドウシンエン】 concentric circles

Kun reading compounds

  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 黒円 【くろまる】 black spot, black dot, bull's-eye, middle dot, interpunct
  • 円居 【まどい】 sitting in a circle, pleasant gathering
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円やか 【まろやか】 round, circular, spherical, mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth

Readings

Japanese names:
つぶら、 のぶ、 まどか、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • circular
  • redondo
  • yen

Portuguese

  • círculo
  • iene
  • redondo

French

  • cercle
  • yen
  • rond
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
50 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
4 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
617 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
159 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
78 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
13 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
159 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
185 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1513 Morohashi
2955 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1811 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
260 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
25 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
2r2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-17-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186 Unicode hex code

鏡

19 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
儿 日 立 金 音
Variants:
獍
mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
Kun:
かがみ
On:
キョウ、 ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1506 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鏡面 【キョウメン】 mirror surface, lens surface
  • 鏡台 【キョウダイ】 dresser
  • 内視鏡 【ナイシキョウ】 endoscope
  • 万華鏡 【マンゲキョウ】 kaleidoscope
  • 明鏡 【メイキョウ】 polished mirror, clear mirror
  • 鸞鏡 【ランキョウ】 mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back, (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鏡 【かがみ】 mirror, looking-glass, barrel head, page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc., mirror-shaped mochi
  • 鏡板 【かがみいた】 panel, scene-panel, painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
  • 懐中鏡 【かいちゅうかがみ】 pocket mirror
  • 化粧鏡 【けしょうかがみ】 bathroom mirror, vanity mirror

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 かが、 かがん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • espejo
  • espéculo
  • lente

Portuguese

  • espelho
  • espéculo
  • cano principal
  • oferenda de bolinho de arroz

French

  • miroir
  • -scope
  • tonneau (saké)
  • gâteau de riz de Nouvel an
378 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
486 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
462 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1358 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
647 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1858 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2817 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
863 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
882 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1034 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1834 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1157 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1576 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
494 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40812 Morohashi
1766 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6341 New Nelson (John Haig)
483 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
522 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
638 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2857 2001 Kanji
8a11.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-11 SKIP code
8011.6 Four corner code
1-22-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
93e1 Unicode hex code

智

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
口 日 矢 乞
wisdom, intellect, reason
On:
チ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1002 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 知 【チ】 wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)
  • 知恵 【チエ】 wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
  • 才知 【サイチ】 wit and intelligence
  • 大知 【タイチ】 supreme wisdom, sage

Readings

Japanese names:
さと、 さとし、 さとる、 さとい、 とも、 のり、 とし、 あきら、 じ、 とみ、 ひと、 もと、 よも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • sabiduría
  • intelecto
  • razón

Portuguese

French

  • intelligence
  • raison
1416 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2144 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1964 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1793 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2099 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2425 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1232 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14010 Morohashi
2784 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2490 New Nelson (John Haig)
1224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
8660.0 Four corner code
1-35-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
667a Unicode hex code