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

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  • 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

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
purple, violet
Kun:
むらさき
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1516 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 紫外線 【シガイセン】 ultraviolet rays, ultraviolet radiation
  • 紅紫 【コウシ】 crimson and purple, red-purple, magenta
  • 九紫 【キュウシ】 ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south)

Kun reading compounds

  • 紫 【むらさき】 purple, violet, purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), red gromwell, red-root gromwell, soy sauce
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 貝紫 【かいむらさき】 Tyrian purple
  • 古代紫 【こだいむらさき】 reddish-purple

Readings

Japanese names:
さい、 ゆかり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • púrpura
  • violeta

Portuguese

  • roxo
  • violeta

French

  • violet
1320 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1489 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1392 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1626 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2209 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1478 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1711 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1507 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3332 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1387 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27337X Morohashi
2688 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4486 New Nelson (John Haig)
1375 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1577 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
6a6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
2-5-6 SKIP code
2290.3 Four corner code
2190.3 Four corner code
1-27-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d2b Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Kun:
うすもの
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 羅 【ラ】 Latin (language)
  • 薄物 【ウスモノ】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
  • 修羅 【シュラ】 Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology, fighting, carnage, conflict, strife, sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.), log slide, chute, flume
  • 甲羅 【コウラ】 shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron, (person's) back, years of experience

Kun reading compounds

  • 薄物 【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2, luo1
Korean:
ra

Spanish

  • compresa
  • gasa de seda
  • bien alineado
  • Roma

Portuguese

  • gaze
  • seda fina
  • Roma

French

  • gaze
  • soie fine
  • Rome
1887 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1656 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1860 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2017 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1672 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3244 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1354 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28397 Morohashi
2622 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4655 New Nelson (John Haig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1919 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-14 SKIP code
6091.4 Four corner code
1-45-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f85 Unicode hex code

20 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
column, handrail, blank, space
Kun:
てすり
On:
ラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1523 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欄 【ラン】 section (e.g. in a newspaper), column, page, field (in a form, web page, etc.), blank, handrail, railing, banister, balustrade
  • 欄干 【ランカン】 railing, guard rail, handrail, banister, balustrade, parapet, (shining) brightly (of the moon or stars), (flowing) endlessly (of tears)
  • 本欄 【ホンラン】 this column
  • 演芸欄 【エンゲイラン】 entertainment section (of a newspaper), entertainment column

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • barandilla
  • pasamanos
  • en blanco
  • espacio
  • columna (periódico)

Portuguese

  • coluna
  • corrimão
  • vazio
  • espaço

French

  • colonne de journal
  • rampe
  • blanc
  • espace
1893 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1430 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2401 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1696 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1447 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1202 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1265 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1538 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1118 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1419 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1642 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15880P Morohashi
1103 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2914 New Nelson (John Haig)
1628 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1756 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a16.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-16 SKIP code
4792.0 Four corner code
1-45-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b04 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code