| 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 |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1982 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 樺 【カバ】 birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
- 樺桜 【カバザクラ】 ornamental variety of double weeping rosebud cherry, any cherry tree with birch-like bark, Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)
Kun reading compounds
- 樺 【かば】 birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
- 樺色 【かばいろ】 reddish yellow
- 白樺 【しらかば】 Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
- 樺 【かば】 birch (esp. Japanese white birch)
- 白樺 【しらかば】 Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
- 鵜松明樺 【うだいかんば】 monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana), Japanese birch
Readings
- Japanese names:
- から、 かも、 かん
- Korean:
- hwa
Spanish
- abedul
Portuguese
French
| 2337 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2103 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2123 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1324 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 718 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 961 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 15497 | Morohashi |
| 2817 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2515 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2575 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4a10.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 4495.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6a3a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 斑 【ブチ】 spots, speckles, mottles
- 斑晶 【ハンショウ】 phenocryst
- 水斑 【スイハン】 water spot (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)
- 黄斑 【オウハン】 macula, macula lutea, yellow spot
Kun reading compounds
- 斑 【ぶち】 spots, speckles, mottles
- 斑入り 【ふいり】 variegated, spotted
- 胡麻斑 【ごまふ】 black speckles, small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)
- 白斑 【はくはん】 white spot, bright spot, facula, vitiligo, leukoderma, leukoma
- 斑 【まだら】 spots, speckles, mottles, speckled, spotted
- 斑海豚 【まだらいるか】 pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
- 浅葱斑 【あさぎまだら】 chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)
- 鹿の子斑 【かのこまだら】 pattern of white spots, dapples
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- ban
Spanish
- mancha
- mota
- manchado
- moteado
- abigarrado
- multicolor
Portuguese
French
| 2950 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1609 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1469 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1260 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 911 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 13470 | Morohashi |
| 1000 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2556 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1865 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4f8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-8 | SKIP code |
| 1111.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6591 | Unicode hex code |