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 |
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絶 【ゼツ】 starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
- 絶縁 【ゼツエン】 breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past), insulation (electrical or thermal), isolation
- 超絶 【チョウゼツ】 transcendence, excellence, superiority
- 壮絶 【ソウゼツ】 heroic, fierce, grand, sublime, magnificent
Kun reading compounds
- 絶える 【たえる】 to die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off
- 絶えることなく 【たえることなく】 unceasing, relentless
- 絶やす 【たやす】 to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end to, to let (fire) go out, to let die (e.g. flowers), to run out of
- 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
Readings
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- extinguir
- eliminar
- rechazar
- absoluto
- lugar escarpado
- desaparecer
- extinguirse
- exterminar
- erradicar
- suprimir
Portuguese
- descontinuar
- além de
- romper
- cortar desligar
- abster- se
- interromper
- suprimir
French
- cesser
- au-delà
- rompre
- couper
- s'abstenir
- interrompre
- supprimer
828 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
756 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
733 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
743 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3539 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
630 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
820 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
742 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
755 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
734 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1534 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1240 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1770 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
49469 | Morohashi |
1353 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1754 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1891 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
756 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2756 | 2001 Kanji |
6a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-6 | SKIP code |
2791.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d76 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18008 | Morohashi |
660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
359 | 2001 Kanji |
3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
3315.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6ec5 | Unicode hex code |