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

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
kind of grass, sacred tree
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
  • 菩提 【ボダイ】 bodhi, enlightenment, happiness in the next world

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu2
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • sonido 'bo' en sánscrito

Portuguese

French

3978 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1992 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31205X Morohashi
5093 New Nelson (John Haig)
2957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4460.1 Four corner code
1-42-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83e9 Unicode hex code

17 strokes (also 16)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
salvation, Buddha
On:
サツサチ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1984 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • さつま芋 【サツマイモ】 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  • 薩英戦争 【サツエイセンソウ】 Anglo-Satsuma War (1863), Bombardment of Kagoshima
  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
  • 観自在菩薩 【カンジザイボサツ】 Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva), Avalokitesvara, Kannon, Kwannon, Guanyin, Buddhist deity of compassion
  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

Readings

Japanese names:
さっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sa4
Korean:
sal

Spanish

  • Buda
  • sonido 'satsu' en sánscrito

Portuguese

French

4066 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2684 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3016 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32189P Morohashi
5217 New Nelson (John Haig)
2956 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2962 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k13.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-14 SKIP code
2-4-14 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-27-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85a9 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)
Kun:
とうげ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 峠 【とうげ】 (mountain) pass, highest point on a mountain road, ridge, peak (e.g. of summer), worst (e.g. of an illness), crisis, critical point, most difficult part
  • 峠越え 【とうげごえ】 crossing a mountain pass
  • 碓氷峠 【うすいとうげ】 Usui Pass
  • 大菩薩峠 【だいぼさつとうげ】 The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

Readings

Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • puerto de montaña
  • desfiladero
  • esplendor
  • crisis

Portuguese

  • pico de montanha
  • passagem de montanha
  • clímax
  • cume

French

  • col (montagne)
  • sommet
  • crête
  • (kokuji)
1663 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1751 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1416 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1473 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1239 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1081 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1351 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1434 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1849 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
542 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
265 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
319 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
780 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8068 Morohashi
358 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1464 New Nelson (John Haig)
773 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
835 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1248 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
3o6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2173.1 Four corner code
1-38-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ce0 Unicode hex code