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 6
JLPT level N2
1086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 泉水 【センスイ】 garden pond, miniature lake, fountain
- 泉下 【センカ】 Hades, the hereafter
- 源泉 【ゲンセン】 source (of a spring, etc.), source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.), origin, wellspring
- 天然温泉 【テンネンオンセン】 natural hot spring
Kun reading compounds
- 泉 【いずみ】 spring, fountain
- 泉熱 【いずみねつ】 Izumi fever (resembles scarlet fever)
- 知識の泉 【ちしきのいずみ】 source of knowledge
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 ずい、 ずみ、 ぜい、 ぜん、 の
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- manantial
- fuente
Portuguese
- Fonte
- nascente
French
- source
- fontaine
926 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
915 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
902 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3099 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
915 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
674 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
965 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1192 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1253 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
840 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1154 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3176 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1636 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2224 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
135 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17274 | Morohashi |
2567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3095 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
133 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
140 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
887 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
842 | 2001 Kanji |
3a5.33 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2623.2 | Four corner code |
1-32-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6cc9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
253 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 村 【ムラ】 village
- 村議会 【ソンギカイ】 village assembly
- 町村 【チョウソン】 towns and villages
- 農村 【ノウソン】 agricultural community, farm village, rural
Kun reading compounds
- 村 【むら】 village
- 村長 【そんちょう】 village headman, village mayor
- 選手村 【せんしゅむら】 Olympic village, athlete's village
- 隣村 【りんそん】 neighboring village, neighbouring village
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 むた、 ら
- Korean:
- chon
Spanish
- ciudad
- pueblo
Portuguese
- cidade
- aldeia
French
- village
- ville
107 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
62 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
52 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
210 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2191 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
154 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
196 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
424 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
191 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
191 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
364 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1073 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1029 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
558 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
738 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
212 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14464 | Morohashi |
834 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2564 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
208 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
221 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
241 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
65 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1848 | 2001 Kanji |
4a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-3 | SKIP code |
4490.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6751 | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7869 | Morohashi |
2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2277.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 梨園 【リエン】 theatrical world
- 梨果 【リカ】 pome
- 鳳梨 【ホウリ】 pineapple
- 阿闍梨 【アジャリ】 high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest, initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon), monk who conducts religious services
Kun reading compounds
- 梨 【なし】 nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia), Japanese pear, Asian pear
- 梨狩り 【なしがり】 pear picking, harvesting pears
- 西洋梨 【せいようなし】 European pear (Pyrus communis), common pear
- 青梨 【あおなし】 Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis), Ussurian pear, Chinese pear
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- peral
- pera
Portuguese
French
- poire
1487 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1476 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2115 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1951 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3412 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1757 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2392 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
916 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14873 | Morohashi |
2744 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
907 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
973 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4a7.24 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
2290.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
68a8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
- 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
- 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あがた、 がた
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- prefectura
Portuguese
- Condado
- prefeitura (região)
French
- préfecture
- département
203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
291 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
273 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
195 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1362 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
381 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
226 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1252 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
194 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
194 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
336 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1380 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3269 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1687 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2294 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
126 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23210P | Morohashi |
2641 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3918 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
513 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
552 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
326 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1241 | 2001 Kanji |
3n6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
3-4-5 | SKIP code |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2690.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
770c | Unicode hex code |