| 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 | 
      benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
    
    - On:
 - トク
 
      Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
    
    
      JLPT level N1
    
    
      1091 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
    
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 徳 【トク】 virtue, benevolence, profit, benefit, advantage
 - 徳義 【トクギ】 morals, morality, sincerity
 - 高徳 【コウトク】 saintliness, great virtue, eminent virtue
 - 大徳 【ダイトク】 great virtue, virtuous priest, priest, rich person
 
Readings
- Japanese names:
 - あつ、 なる、 のり、 ゆき、 よし
 
- Korean:
 - deog
 
Spanish
- benevolencia
 - virtud
 - moralidad
 - beneficioso
 - rentable
 
Portuguese
- benevolência
 - virtude
 - bondade
 - comandando respeito
 
French
- bienveillance
 - vertu
 - bonté
 - respectable
 
| 851 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) | 
| 783 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) | 
| 762 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) | 
| 839 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 
| 1633 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) | 
| 592 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1284 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) | 
| 2063 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) | 
| 1038 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 1079 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) | 
| 644 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) | 
| 637 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 
| 842 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 486 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 623 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) | 
| 894 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) | 
| 10237P | Morohashi | 
| 684 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) | 
| 1767 | New Nelson (John Haig) | 
| 885 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) | 
| 950 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) | 
| 801 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) | 
| 2058 | 2001 Kanji | 
| 3i11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary | 
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code | 
| 2423.6 | Four corner code | 
| 1-38-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code | 
| 5fb3 | Unicode hex code |