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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

島

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 白 鳥
Variants:
嶋 嶌 嶹
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
  • 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
  • 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
  • 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands

Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
  • 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • isla

Portuguese

  • ilha

French

  • île
292 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
230 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
183 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1967 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8108 Morohashi
3310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 New Nelson (John Haig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf6 Unicode hex code

支

4 strokes
Radical:
branch 支
Parts:
十 又 支
branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
Kun:
ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 支 【シ】 China
  • 支援 【シエン】 support, backing, aid, assistance
  • 気管支 【キカンシ】 bronchus, bronchial tube
  • 干支 【エト】 sexagenary cycle, 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days, 12-year Chinese zodiac

Kun reading compounds

  • 支える 【ささえる】 to support, to prop, to sustain, to underlay, to hold up, to defend, to hold at bay, to stem, to check
  • 閊える 【つかえる】 to stick, to get stuck, to get caught, to get jammed, to clog, to be unavailable, to be busy, to be occupied, to be full, to be piled up (e.g. of work), to halt (in one's speech), to stumble (over one's words), to stutter, to stammer, to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.), to feel pressure, to feel pain
  • 支う 【かう】 to support, to prop up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • soporte
  • apoyo
  • rama
  • pago
  • interferencia
  • soportar
  • sostener

Portuguese

  • ramo
  • apoio
  • sustentar

French

  • soutien
  • support
  • branche
  • filiale
  • succursale
  • radical branche (no. 65)
621 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
717 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
691 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
302 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
115 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
583 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
63 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
368 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
932 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2473 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
718 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13061 Morohashi
1979 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2324 New Nelson (John Haig)
711 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
768 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
185 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
642 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
2k2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
4040.7 Four corner code
1-27-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
652f Unicode hex code

庁

5 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
一 亅 广
Variants:
廳 廰
government office
Kun:
やくしょ
On:
チョウ、 テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 庁 【チョウ】 government office, agency, board
  • 庁舎 【チョウシャ】 government office building
  • 国税庁 【コクゼイチョウ】 National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
  • 政庁 【セイチョウ】 government office

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • oficina del gobierno
  • edificio público

Portuguese

  • escritório de governo

French

  • bureau du gouvernement
950 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
938 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1498 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1034 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
506 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
777 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
541 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
582 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3768 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2612 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9223 Morohashi
3034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603 New Nelson (John Haig)
591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
635 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
837 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
3q2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
0022.1 Four corner code
1-36-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e81 Unicode hex code

鹿

11 strokes
Radical:
deer 鹿
Parts:
广 比 鹿
deer
Kun:
しか、 か
On:
ロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
957 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鹿 【シカ】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
  • 白鹿 【ハクロク】 white deer
  • 神鹿 【シンロク】 deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿猪 【しかいのしし】 babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)
  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿 【かのしし】 venison, deer
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Readings

Japanese names:
しし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • venado
  • ciervo

Portuguese

French

  • cerf
1141 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5375 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1999 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1823 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2038 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3879 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1996 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2695 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47586 Morohashi
3126 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7017 New Nelson (John Haig)
1999 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2154 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 2001 Kanji
3q8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0021.2 Four corner code
0021.1 Four corner code
1-28-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e7f Unicode hex code

児

7 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
｜ 儿 日
Variants:
兒
newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 -っこ
On:
ジ、 ニ、 ゲイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 児 【ジ】 child, boy, I, me
  • 児童 【ジドウ】 children, juvenile
  • 新生児 【シンセイジ】 newborn baby
  • 遺児 【イジ】 orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 【コククジラ】 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 駄々っ子 【だだっこ】 unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat

Readings

Japanese names:
る
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • recién nacido
  • chiquillo
  • cría

Portuguese

  • recém-nascido
  • criança
  • filhote

French

  • nouveau-né
  • enfant
  • petit d'animal
801 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
526 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
697 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
556 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
782 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
338 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
497 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1375 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
58 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1364 Morohashi
2546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 New Nelson (John Haig)
58 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
62 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
4c3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
2621.0 Four corner code
1-27-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5150 Unicode hex code

県

9 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
小 目
Variants:
縣
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code