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

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

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
sultry, hot, summer heat
Kun:
あつ.い
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 暑 【ショ】 heat, midsummer
  • 暑中見舞 【ショチュウミマイ】 summer greeting card, inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
  • 残暑 【ザンショ】 late summer heat, lingering summer heat
  • 避暑 【ヒショ】 escaping the summer heat, going somewhere cooler during the summer, summering

Kun reading compounds

  • 暑い 【あつい】 hot, warm, sultry, heated, passionate, impassioned, burning (desire, etc.), on everybody's mind, on the radar, du jour, interested (gaze, etc.)
  • 暑い盛り 【あついさかり】 heat of the day, hottest part of the day

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • bochornoso
  • caliente
  • calor

Portuguese

  • sufocante
  • quente
  • calor de verão

French

  • chaud
  • torride
  • temps lourd
  • chaleur d'été
247 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
329 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
313 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1254 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2138 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
476 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
190 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1738A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
638 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
648 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
119 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
976 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3121 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1268 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14031P Morohashi
2473 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2484 New Nelson (John Haig)
1260 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
400 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
3-8-4 SKIP code
6060.4 Four corner code
1-29-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6691 Unicode hex code