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大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 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

毘

9 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete 比
Parts:
比 田
help, assist
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ヒ、 ビ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 毘沙門天 【ビシャモンテン】 Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
  • 毘盧遮那 【ビルシャナ】 Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
  • 荼毘 【ダビ】 cremation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2997 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3169 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16753 Morohashi
3011 New Nelson (John Haig)
5f4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6071.1 Four corner code
6011.1 Four corner code
1-40-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd8 Unicode hex code

盧

16 strokes
Radical:
dish 皿
Parts:
匕 卜 厂 田 皿 虍
hut
On:
ロ
1483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 盧溝橋 【ロコウキョウ】 Marco Polo Bridge (China)
  • 盧溝橋事件 【ロコウキョウジケン】 Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
  • 葫蘆 【コロ】 calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu2
Korean:
ro

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4114 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2594 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
23050 Morohashi
3903 New Nelson (John Haig)
2m14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-12 SKIP code
2121.7 Four corner code
1-66-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76e7 Unicode hex code

遮

14 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
一 込 广 杰
intercept, interrupt, obstruct
Kun:
さえぎ.る
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1865 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 遮断機 【シャダンキ】 (railway) crossing gate, barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
  • 遮断器 【シャダンキ】 circuit breaker
  • 間遮 【アイシャ】 piece placed to block opponent's check, interposed piece

Kun reading compounds

  • 遮る 【さえぎる】 to interrupt, to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.), to block (light, wind, etc.), to intercept, to cut off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe1, zhe5
Korean:
cha

Spanish

  • interceptar
  • interrumpir
  • obstruir

Portuguese

  • interceptar
  • interromper
  • obstruir

French

  • intercepter
  • interrompre
  • obstruer
1339 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1927 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4737 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1818 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1767 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1899 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1749 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
716 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3916 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2018 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1200 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39086X Morohashi
3158 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6106 New Nelson (John Haig)
1192 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1276 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1732 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
540 2001 Kanji
2q11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-11 SKIP code
3-3-10 SKIP code
3030.3 Four corner code
1-28-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
906e Unicode hex code

那

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
二 刀 邦
what?
Kun:
なに、 なんぞ、 いかん
On:
ナ、 ダ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 那覇 【ナハ】 Naha (city in Okinawa)
  • 那覇港湾空港工事事務所 【ナハコウワンクウコウコウジジムショ】 Naha Harbour and Airport Construction Office
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 印度支那 【インドシナ】 Indochina

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
na4, na1, na3
Korean:
na

Spanish

  • abundante
  • ¿qué?

Portuguese

French

1257 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39306X Morohashi
843 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6129 New Nelson (John Haig)
2960 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1-4-2 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-38-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90a3 Unicode hex code

経

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
又 土 小 幺 糸
Variants:
經
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Kun:
へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
On:
ケイ、 キョウ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
79 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 経 【ケイ】 warp (weaving), longitude, scripture, sutra, trans-
  • 経団連 【ケイダンレン】 Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)
  • 月経 【ゲッケイ】 menstruation, menstrual period
  • 政経 【セイケイ】 politics and economics
  • 経 【キョウ】 sutra, Buddhist scriptures
  • 経典 【キョウテン】 sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
  • 説経 【セッキョウ】 lecture on the sutras
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
  • 経行 【キンヒン】 meditation performed while walking
  • 看経 【カンキン】 silent reading of the sutras, sutra chanting

Kun reading compounds

  • 経る 【へる】 to pass, to elapse, to go by, to pass through, to go through, to experience, to go through, to undergo
  • 経つ 【たつ】 to pass (of time), to elapse
  • 縦糸 【たていと】 (weaving) warp

Readings

Japanese names:
つね、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1, jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • sutra
  • longitud
  • ley
  • pasar
  • dirigir
  • transcurrir
  • experimentar

Portuguese

  • sutra
  • longitude
  • passar através de
  • expirar
  • empenar

French

  • sûtra
  • longitude
  • passer (temps)
  • expiré
  • expérimenter
  • chaîne (tissu)
596 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
658 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
135 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3523 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
341 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1957 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1523 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27392 Morohashi
1331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
730 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2772 2001 Kanji
6a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.4 Four corner code
1-23-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d4c Unicode hex code