| 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 薔薇 【バラ】 rose
- バラ色 【バライロ】 rose-colour, rose-color, bright (e.g. life, future, prospects), cheerful, rosy
- 薔薇 【バラ】 rose
- バラ油 【バラユ】 rose oil, rose otto
- 薔薇 【バラ】 rose
Readings
- Korean:
- jang, saeg
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4071 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 32113X | Morohashi |
| 5220 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3k13.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 4460.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-73-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8594 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 野薔薇 【ノイバラ】 multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), baby rose, Japanese rose
- 難波薔薇 【ナニワイバラ】 Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)
- 冬薔薇 【フユソウビ】 winter rose
Kun reading compounds
- 薇 【ぜんまい】 Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica), Asian royal fern, flowering fern
- 城山薇 【しろやまぜんまい】 Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)
Readings
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 4057 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 32092 | Morohashi |
| 5209 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 3k13.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-13 | SKIP code |
| 4424.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-73-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8587 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 苺 【いちご】 strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa), 15,000 yen
- いちご飴 【いちごあめ】 candy-coated strawberry on a stick
- 幌向苺 【ほろむいいちご】 cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus)
- 木苺 【きいちご】 raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
Readings
- Korean:
- mae
Spanish
Portuguese
French
| 3911 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2780 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1923 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 30824X | Morohashi |
| 4990 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2350 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2438 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1947 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-4-5 | SKIP code |
| 4450.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-71-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82fa | Unicode hex code |