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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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

13 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:

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On reading compounds

  • 蒟蒻 【コンニャク】 konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac), konjac, devil's tongue, konnyaku jelly, konjac jelly, devil's tongue jelly
  • こんにゃく粉 【コンニャクコ】 konjac powder, powdered konjac

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4016 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31566X Morohashi
5150 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
4412.7 Four corner code
1-72-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
849f Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • スマトラ大蒟蒻 【スマトラオオコンニャク】 titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), corpse flower, carrion flower
  • 蒟蒻 【コンニャク】 konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac), konjac, devil's tongue, konnyaku jelly, konjac jelly, devil's tongue jelly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruo4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4007 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31623X Morohashi
5141 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-72-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84bb Unicode hex code