Jisho

×

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:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
brain, memory
Kun:
のうずる
On:
ノウドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脳 【ノウ】 brain, brains, mind
  • 脳死 【ノウシ】 brain death
  • 大脳 【ダイノウ】 cerebrum
  • 洗脳 【センノウ】 brainwashing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nao3
Korean:
noe

Spanish

  • cerebro
  • sesos
  • intelecto

Portuguese

  • cérebro
  • memória

French

  • cerveau
  • mémoire
964 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
954 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
621 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3774 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
927 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
849 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1278 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1352 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1036 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
665 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1953 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29567P Morohashi
975 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4821 New Nelson (John Haig)
1934 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
930 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3975 2001 Kanji
4b7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7927.2 Four corner code
7227.2 Four corner code
1-39-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8133 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
skids, leg, undercarriage, lower part, base
Kun:
あし
On:
キャクキャカク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1228 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脚 【キャク】 counter for chairs or seats
  • 脚本 【キャクホン】 script, screenplay, scenario
  • 立脚 【リッキャク】 being based on
  • 橋脚 【キョウキャク】 bridge pier, pontoon bridge
  • 脚 【キャク】 counter for chairs or seats
  • 脚本 【キャクホン】 script, screenplay, scenario
  • 脚病 【カクビョウ】 beriberi

Kun reading compounds

  • 足 【あし】 foot, paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait, pace, lower radical of a kanji, means of transportation, (one's) ride, money, coin
  • 脚がある 【あしがある】 to have legs, to be able to get around, to be a good runner
  • 舞脚 【まいあし】 kanji "dancing legs" radical (radical 136)
  • 二十脚 【にじゅうあし】 kanji "twenty legs" radical (radical 55)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao3, jia3, jue2
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • pie
  • pata
  • posición
  • contador de patas

Portuguese

  • derrapagens
  • perna
  • armação

French

  • pied (d'un objet)
  • patins
  • train d'atterrissage
1146 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1021 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3773 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1422 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1677 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1612 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1784 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1916 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1545 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1034 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
664 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
887 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1408 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29502 Morohashi
974 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4820 New Nelson (John Haig)
1396 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1498 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1449 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3944 2001 Kanji
4b7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-21-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
811a Unicode hex code