| 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 |
ocean, sea, foreign, Western style
- On:
- ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
763 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 洋 【ヨウ】 Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident), ocean, sea, foreign, Western, European
- 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
- 南氷洋 【ナンヒョウヨウ】 Antarctic Ocean
- 環太平洋 【カンタイヘイヨウ】 Pacific Rim
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なだ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 よ、 よし
- Korean:
- yang
Spanish
- océano
- de estilo occidental
- cada una de las dos mitades del mundo
Portuguese
- oceano
- estilo ocidental
French
- océan
- style occidental
| 526 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 427 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 404 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 366 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2550 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 305 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 209 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 822 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 289 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 289 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 917 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1193 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 468 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 292 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 555 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17363 | Morohashi |
| 392 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3130 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 549 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 588 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 411 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 348 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 355 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a6.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 3815.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6d0b | Unicode hex code |