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 N1
1406 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 棟 【トウ】 large building, building with a long roof, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟梁 【トウリョウ】 central figure, pillar (e.g. of the nation), mainstay, chief support, leader, chief, boss, leader, head, master carpenter, beams and ridge supports of a roof
- 病棟 【ビョウトウ】 (hospital) ward
- 上棟 【ジョウトウ】 raising the ridgepole
Kun reading compounds
- 棟 【むね】 ridge (of roof), back of a sword, counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
- 棟上げ 【むねあげ】 ridgepole-raising, setting up of the framework of a house
- 別棟 【べつむね】 separate building, outbuilding, outhouse
- 大棟 【おおむね】 top ridge of a roof, main ridge of a roof
Readings
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- alero de tejado
Portuguese
- Trave horizontal
- sulcar
French
- faîte
- bâtiment
1653 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1899 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2299 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1440 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1627 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1406 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1495 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1104 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
678 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
517 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14949 | Morohashi |
991 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2747 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
505 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
544 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1864 | 2001 Kanji |
4a8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-8 | SKIP code |
4599.6 | Four corner code |
1-37-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
68df | Unicode hex code |