| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溝 【コウ】 10^32, hundred nonillion
- 溝渠 【コウキョ】 ditch, sewer, canal
- 排水溝 【ハイスイコウ】 drainage, gutter, ditch
- 海溝 【カイコウ】 oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep
Kun reading compounds
- 溝 【みぞ】 ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, indentation, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
- 溝隠 【みぞかくし】 Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
- 押さえ溝 【おさえみぞ】 groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
- 逃げ溝 【にげみぞ】 clearance groove, under cut
Readings
- Japanese names:
- どぶ
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- cuneta
- zanja
- alcantarilla
- desagüe
Portuguese
- ranhura
- canal
- encanamento
- dreno
- 10 elevado a 32
French
- rigole
- fossé
- égout
- 10**32
| 1263 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1706 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2657 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1487 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1859 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1012 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1050 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1499 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1232 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 810 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 473 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 604 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1836 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17944X | Morohashi |
| 659 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1819 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1960 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1639 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 347 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3514.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-25-34 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6e9d | Unicode hex code |