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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
- 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
- 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
- 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe
Kun reading compounds
- 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
- 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
- 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よ、 わ
- Korean:
- yeob, seob
Spanish
- hoja
- contador de cosas planas
- follaje
Portuguese
- folha
- avião
- ponta
- agulha
- lâmina
- lança
- sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas
French
- feuille
- lobe
- aiguille
- brin (herbe)
- fragment
- compteur d'objets plats
327 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
405 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
405 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
179 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
870 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1991 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
253 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
253 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
569 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
663 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2912 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1497 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2024 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
233 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31387P | Morohashi |
2321 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
228 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
243 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
275 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
412 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1964 | 2001 Kanji |
3k9.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-9 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
4490.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8449 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 柳 【リュウ】 Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 柳暗花明 【リュウアンカメイ】 beautiful scenery of spring, red-light district
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 花柳 【カリュウ】 red-light district
Kun reading compounds
- 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
- 柳刃包丁 【やなぎばぼうちょう】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 青柳 【あおやぎ】 green willow (i.e. one that has budded), meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
- 化粧柳 【けしょうやなぎ】 chosenia (Chosenia arbutifolia)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なぎ、 や、 やい、 やぎ、 やな、 やない
- Korean:
- ryu
Spanish
- sauce
- mimbre
Portuguese
- salgueiro
French
- saule
1898 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1471 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1427 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1105 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1871 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2032 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1854 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1086 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1115 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1434 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14662 | Morohashi |
899 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2629 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1421 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1525 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1272 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1844 | 2001 Kanji |
4a5.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
4792.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
67f3 | Unicode hex code |