| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 杓 【シャク】 ladle, dipper, wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris), cow parsley, keck, Queen Anne's lace
- 杓子 【シャクシ】 bamboo ladle
- 柄杓 【ヒシャク】 ladle, dipper, scoop
- 烏柄杓 【カラスビシャク】 crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)
Kun reading compounds
- 柄杓 【ひしゃく】 ladle, dipper, scoop
Readings
- Korean:
- pyo, jag
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 2187 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1028 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 14466X | Morohashi |
| 833 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2558 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2510 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2570 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4792.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6753 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鷸蚌 【イツボウ】 a snipe and a clam, a snipe and a mussel
- 鷸蚌の争い 【イツボウノアラソイ】 fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does), a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
Kun reading compounds
- 鷸 【しぎ】 sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
- 鷸駝鳥 【しぎだちょう】 tinamou (any bird of family Tinamidae)
- 背高鴫 【せいたかしぎ】 black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae), avocet
- 反嘴背高鷸 【そりはしせいたかしぎ】 pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Readings
- Korean:
- hyul
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 47359 | Morohashi |
| 7003 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 11b12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-12-11 | SKIP code |
| 1722.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-83-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9df8 | Unicode hex code |