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

11 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
grains, drop, counter for tiny particles
Kun:
つぶ
On:
リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1635 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粒 【ツブ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
  • 粒子 【リュウシ】 particle, grain
  • 細粒 【サイリュウ】 fine grain, fine granule, microsphere
  • 粒々 【リュウリュウ】 each grain, every grain

Kun reading compounds

  • 粒 【つぶ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
  • 粒状 【りゅうじょう】 granular, granulated
  • 米粒 【こめつぶ】 grain of rice
  • 小粒 【こつぶ】 small grain, small stature or ability

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
rib

Spanish

  • grano
  • gota
  • contador para partículas diminutas

Portuguese

  • graões
  • gota
  • sufixo para contagem de partículas pequeninas

French

  • grain
  • goutte
  • compteur de particules
1900 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1525 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3471 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1654 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
805 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1389 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1700 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1558 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1498 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1682 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
931 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26884 Morohashi
1328 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4392 New Nelson (John Haig)
922 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
990 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1471 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1073 2001 Kanji
6b5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
9091.8 Four corner code
1-46-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c92 Unicode hex code