| 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) |
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.)
- 強大 【キョウダイ】 powerful, strong, mighty
- 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
| 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
1730 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 凡 【ボン】 ordinary, common, mediocre
- 凡人 【ボンジン】 ordinary person, average person, mediocre person
- 超凡 【チョウボン】 extraordinary
- 不凡 【フボン】 uncommon, outstanding
- 凡百 【ボンピャク】 various, many, all kinds of
- 凡例 【ハンレイ】 explanatory notes (at the start of a book), introductory remarks, usage guide (e.g. of a dictionary), legend (on maps, drawings, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 凡そ 【およそ】 about, roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole, as a rule, completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb), outline, gist
- 大凡 【おおよそ】 about, roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole, as a rule, completely, quite, entirely, altogether, totally, not at all (with neg. verb), outline, gist
- 全て 【すべて】 everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all
- すべての道はローマに通ず 【すべてのみちはローマにつうず】 all roads lead to Rome
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なみ、 ひろ、 みな
- Korean:
- beom
Spanish
- mediocre
- insignificante
Portuguese
- medíocre
French
- médiocre
| 1827 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1507 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 654 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1338 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1084 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 37 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1102 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1153 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 467 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 170 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3656 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2543 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 62 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1739 | Morohashi |
| 2938 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 433 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 62 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 66 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1013 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3656 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2s1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 7721.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-43-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51e1 | Unicode hex code |