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 grade 3
JLPT level N3
71 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 決 【ケツ】 decision, vote
- 決意 【ケツイ】 decision, determination, resolution
- 表決 【ヒョウケツ】 vote, voting
- 強行採決 【キョウコウサイケツ】 forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.), railroading, steamrolling, steamrollering
Kun reading compounds
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
- 決る 【しゃくる】 to dig out, to gouge out, to hollow out, to scoop, to ladle, to bail, to jerk (one's chin)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeol
Spanish
- decidir
- fijar
- quedar decidido
Portuguese
- decida
- fixar
- concordar sobre
- nomear
French
- décider
- fixer
- se mettre d'accord
- arrangement
202 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
271 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
94 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2509 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
230 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
667 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
356 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
357 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
277 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1163 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1656 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17174 | Morohashi |
263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3070 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1641 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
138 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
281 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
363 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3513.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c7a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戦 【セン】 war, battle, match, game, competition
- 戦域 【センイキ】 war area, battlefield, theater, theatre
- 開戦 【カイセン】 outbreak of war, starting a war
- 回戦 【カイセン】 event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc., nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)
Kun reading compounds
- 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
- 戦場 【せんじょう】 battlefield, battleground
- 負け戦 【まけいくさ】 losing a battle, lost battle, battle one cannot win, battle one is doomed to lose
- 野合戦 【のがっせん】 battle in the open, battle on an open field
- 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
- 戦く 【おののく】 to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble
- 戦ぐ 【そよぐ】 to rustle, to sway, to stir, to flutter
- 戦慄く 【わななく】 to tremble, to shiver, to shake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- せ
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- guerra
- batalla
- lucha
- pelear
- batallar
- combatir
- luchar
Portuguese
- guerra
- batalha
- disputa
French
- guerre
- bataille
- match
448 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
555 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
526 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
88 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1810 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
399 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
550 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
301 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
301 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
360 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
839 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2242 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1169 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1590 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1948 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11631P | Morohashi |
1787 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2037 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1929 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2079 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
32 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
608 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
959 | 2001 Kanji |
4n9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-4 | SKIP code |
9355.0 | Four corner code |
3355.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6226 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
597 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 超 【チョウ】 super-, ultra-, hyper-, extreme, extremely, really, totally, absolutely, over, more than
- 超音波 【チョウオンパ】 ultrasonic waves, ultrasound
- 出超 【シュッチョウ】 excess of exports, favorable balance of trade, favourable balance of trade
- 入超 【ニュウチョウ】 excess of imports
Kun reading compounds
- 越える 【こえる】 to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
- 越す 【こす】 to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まさる、 わたる
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- trascender
- sobresalir
- super-
- sobrepasar
Portuguese
- transcender
- ótimo
- ultra-
- super-
French
- dépasser
- super-
- sur-
1594 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1006 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4543 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1051 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
933 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1816 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1000 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1037 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1074 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1757 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4107 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2084 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2824 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
391 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
37096 | Morohashi |
3313 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5852 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
385 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
411 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1589 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1470 | 2001 Kanji |
3b9.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-7-5 | SKIP code |
4780.6 | Four corner code |
1-36-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8d85 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 兄 【ケイ】 you, Mr, Mister, older brother, elder brother
- 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
- 実兄 【ジッケイ】 biological older brother
- 父兄 【フケイ】 guardians, parents, father and older brother
- 兄弟 【キョウダイ】 siblings, brothers and sisters, brothers, siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mate, friend
- 兄姉 【ケイシ】 brother and sister
Kun reading compounds
- 兄 【あに】 older brother, elder brother
- 兄貴 【あにき】 elder brother, one's senior, older man, man older than oneself
- 中の兄 【なかのあに】 middle brother
- 義理の兄 【ぎりのあに】 one's brother-in-law, stepbrother (elder)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 せ、 よし
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- hermano mayor
Portuguese
- irmão mais velho
- irmão maior
French
- frère aîné
- grand frère
199 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
267 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1049 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
875 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
234 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
122 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
181 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
406 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
410 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
75 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
142 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2676 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1362 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1848 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
104 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1343 | Morohashi |
2154 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
344 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
103 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
106 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3757 | 2001 Kanji |
3d2.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
6021.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5144 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弟 【オトウト】 younger brother, little brother, kid brother, brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband), pupil, apprentice
- 弟子 【デシ】 pupil, disciple, adherent, follower, apprentice, young person, teacher's student-helper
- 実弟 【ジッテイ】 biological younger brother
- 子弟 【シテイ】 children, sons, children and younger brothers, young people
- 親兄弟 【オヤキョウダイ】 parents and siblings, one's relatives
- 姉弟 【シテイ】 older sister and younger brother
- 弟子 【デシ】 pupil, disciple, adherent, follower, apprentice, young person, teacher's student-helper
- 弟子入り 【デシイリ】 becoming a pupil (of), becoming an apprentice
Kun reading compounds
- 弟 【おとうと】 younger brother, little brother, kid brother, brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband), pupil, apprentice
- 弟君 【おとうとぎみ】 younger brother
Readings
- Japanese names:
- て
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- hermano menor
Portuguese
- irmão mais jovem
French
- frère cadet
- apprenti
- disciple
- service déférent aux ainés
282 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
194 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
177 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1090 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
584 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
446 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
168 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
764 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
405 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
409 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
76 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
607 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2537 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1291 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1248 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9737 | Morohashi |
2044 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1685 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1240 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1328 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
150 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
944 | 2001 Kanji |
2o5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-5 | SKIP code |
4-7-3 | SKIP code |
8022.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f1f | Unicode hex code |