Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
large, big
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

12 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
sequential, follow
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1699 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 循環器 【ジュンカンキ】 circulatory organ
  • 循環 【ジュンカン】 circulation, rotation, cycle, loop
  • 因循 【インジュン】 indecision, vacillation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • girar
  • dar vueltas

Portuguese

  • sequencial
  • companheiro

French

  • cycle
  • circulation
  • camarade
1378 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1674 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1625 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1707 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1282 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1569 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1479 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1576 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1387 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
633 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
704 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
530 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1871 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10187 Morohashi
578 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 New Nelson (John Haig)
1854 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1531 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2079 2001 Kanji
3i9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2226.4 Four corner code
1-29-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5faa Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ring, circle, loop
Kun:
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 環 【カン】 ring, band, rim, ring, circum-
  • 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
  • 円環 【エンカン】 circle, ring, torus
  • 外環 【ガイカン】 outer ring, outer loop

Kun reading compounds

  • 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
  • 浮き輪 【うきわ】 swim ring, swimming ring, life buoy, life belt, life preserver, lifesaver
  • 腕輪 【うでわ】 bracelet, bangle

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 たまき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan2
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • círculo
  • anillo
  • eslabón
  • giro

Portuguese

  • argola
  • círculo
  • elo
  • roda

French

  • anneau
  • cercle
  • roue
  • maillon
1115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
991 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2970 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2620 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
884 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1035 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1323 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
844 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21287 Morohashi
1090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3680 New Nelson (John Haig)
836 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
899 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1875 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
4f13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
1613.2 Four corner code
1-20-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74b0 Unicode hex code