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

14 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
outline, condition, approximation, generally
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 概 【ガイ】 appearance, look, aspect, strong spirit, mettle
  • 概算 【ガイサン】 approximation, rough estimate, ballpark figure
  • 感慨 【カンガイ】 deep emotion, strong feelings
  • 気概 【キガイ】 strong spirit, mettle, backbone, guts, fighting spirit

Kun reading compounds

  • 概ね 【おおむね】 in general, generally, mostly, roughly, largely, mainly, on the whole, by and large, gist, point, main idea

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gai4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • aproximadamente
  • generalmente
  • condición
  • situación

Portuguese

  • contorno
  • condição
  • aproximação
  • geralmente

French

  • grandes lignes
  • dans l'ensemble
  • approximation
  • en gros
  • en général
1072 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2344 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1196 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1443 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1459 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1107 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
959 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1494 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15217P Morohashi
1048 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2824 New Nelson (John Haig)
1482 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1594 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1709 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4191.4 Four corner code
1-19-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6982 Unicode hex code