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.)
- 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
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 N2
641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幅 【フク】 scroll, counter for scrolls
- 幅員 【フクイン】 width (of a road, bridge, etc.)
- 増幅 【ゾウフク】 amplification, magnification, amplification, making larger
- 双幅 【ソウフク】 pair of hanging scrolls
Kun reading compounds
- 幅 【はば】 width, breadth, freedom (e.g. of thought), latitude, gap, difference (e.g. in price), range (e.g. of voice)
- 幅広い 【はばひろい】 extensive, wide, broad
- 小幅 【こはば】 small, narrow, single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)
- 値幅 【ねはば】 price range or fluctuation
Readings
- Korean:
- pog, bog
Spanish
- anchura
- rollo
- pergamino
- contador de rollos
Portuguese
- laço
- largura
French
- largeur
- kakémono
- tenture murale
1764 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
682 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1484 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1234 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
501 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1380 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1467 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
897 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
568 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
694 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
417 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
523 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
414 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8995 | Morohashi |
569 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1574 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
407 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
435 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1524 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1676 | 2001 Kanji |
3f9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
4126.6 | Four corner code |
1-41-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e45 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 増 【ゾウ】 increase
- 増員 【ゾウイン】 increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 激増 【ゲキゾウ】 sharp increase, sudden rise
- 累増 【ルイゾウ】 successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
Kun reading compounds
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増し 【まし】 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
- 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
- 増える 【ふえる】 to increase, to multiply
- 増やす 【ふやす】 to increase, to add to, to augment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- incremento
- aumento
- aumentar
- incrementar
- agregar
- añadir
Portuguese
- aumentar
- somar
- ganhar
- promover
French
- augmenter
- ajouter
- accroissement
- gain
- promouvoir
665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
763 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
693 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
441 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2077 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
712 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
388 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
836 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
483 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5448P | Morohashi |
677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1088 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
541 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
365 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
797 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1478 | 2001 Kanji |
3b11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
4816.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5897 | Unicode hex code |