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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

Speed

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
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

炊

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
欠 火
cook, boil
Kun:
た.く、 -だ.き
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1777 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 炊飯器 【スイハンキ】 rice cooker
  • 炊事 【スイジ】 cooking, kitchen work
  • 雑炊 【ゾウスイ】 rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
  • 烹炊 【ホウスイ】 cooking by boiling

Kun reading compounds

  • 炊く 【たく】 to cook (grains, e.g. rice), to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe, to get angry, to snap

Readings

Japanese names:
い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui1, chui4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • cocinar
  • hervir
  • cocer

Portuguese

  • cozinhar
  • ferver

French

  • cuisiner
  • cuire
1453 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1774 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2752 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1626 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1512 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
602 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1791 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1927 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1311 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1265 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1080 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
773 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
479 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18904 Morohashi
870 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3405 New Nelson (John Haig)
468 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
507 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1208 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
9788.2 Four corner code
1-31-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708a Unicode hex code

寮

15 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
并 大 宀 小 日
dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寮 【リョウ】 hostel, dormitory, bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system), tea-ceremony room, villa
  • 寮生 【リョウセイ】 boarder, boarding student
  • 大炊寮 【オオイリョウ】 Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 女男性寮 【メオセイリョウ】 co-ed dormitory, mixed student accommodation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao2
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • dormitorio
  • hostal
  • residencia
  • internado

Portuguese

  • dormitório
  • hospedaria
  • palacete
  • casa de chá

French

  • dortoir
  • foyer
  • pavillon
  • pavillon de thé
1910 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1462 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1459 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2364 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1323 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1183 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
498 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2984 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1724 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7325 Morohashi
2359 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 New Nelson (John Haig)
1708 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1844 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1754 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
741 2001 Kanji
3m12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3090.6 Four corner code
1-46-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bee Unicode hex code