Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
large, big
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

5 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
dish, a helping, plate
Kun:
さら
On:
ベイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1812 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 器皿 【キベイ】 bowl, plate, dish

Kun reading compounds

  • 皿 【さら】 plate, dish, platter, disc, serving, helping, course, kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
  • 皿洗い 【さらあらい】 washing-up, dish-washing
  • 二皿 【ふたさら】 two plates, two helpings, two servings
  • 手皿 【てさら】 holding food over one's hand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
min3
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • plato

Portuguese

  • Prato(tipo)
  • porção
  • prato (objeto)

French

  • assiette
  • plat
  • portion
300 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1307 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1651 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1891 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
756 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
1097 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1148 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
927 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1368 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2916 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1459 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22941 Morohashi
3474 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3885 New Nelson (John Haig)
1447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1555 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
249 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3674 2001 Kanji
5h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
3-3-2 SKIP code
7710.0 Four corner code
1-27-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76bf Unicode hex code