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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

Speed

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
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

嶺

17 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
一 个 ハ 卩 山 目 貝 頁
Variants:
peak, summit
Kun:
みね
On:
レイ、 リョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1959 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 高嶺 【タカネ】 high peak
  • 分水嶺 【ブンスイレイ】 watershed, divide

Kun reading compounds

  • 峰 【みね】 peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade
  • 峰桜 【みねざくら】 Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling3
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • pico
  • apogeo
  • cresta

Portuguese

French

1440 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2776 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2058 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3013 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1540 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2102 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8553 Morohashi
2376 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1517 New Nelson (John Haig)
2228 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2336 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-14 SKIP code
2238.6 Four corner code
1-46-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dba Unicode hex code

祐

9 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
一 ノ 口 礼
Variants:
祐
help
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ユウ、 ウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1706 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 佑助 【ユウジョ】 assistance
  • 右筆 【ユウヒツ】 private secretary, amanuensis
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 さち、 よし、 たすく、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

3240 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1988 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
852 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2178 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1146 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24652P Morohashi
915 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4079 New Nelson (John Haig)
2599 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
3426.0 Four corner code
1-45-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7950 Unicode hex code

太

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
丶 大
plump, thick, big around
Kun:
ふと.い、 ふと.る
On:
タイ、 タ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
  • 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
  • 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

Kun reading compounds

  • 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
  • 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
  • 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 たか、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai4
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • gordo
  • grueso
  • engordar

Portuguese

  • gordo
  • grande
  • espesso

French

  • gras
  • dodu
  • gros
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
181 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
164 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
343 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
508 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
151 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
105 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
409 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
121 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5834 Morohashi
2152 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1137 New Nelson (John Haig)
120 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
257 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
98 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592a Unicode hex code