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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蛇 【ヘビ】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇口 【ジャグチ】 faucet, tap
- 王蛇 【オウジャ】 boa (snake)
- 長蛇 【チョウダ】 long snake, long line (of people, etc.)
- 蛇行 【ダコウ】 meandering, snaking, zigzagging
- 蛇蠍 【ダカツ】 serpent (snake) and scorpion, detestation
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
- 游蛇 【ユウダ】 water snake
- 委蛇 【イイ】 winding, meandering
Kun reading compounds
- 蛇 【へび】 snake, serpent, large snake
- 蛇穴に入る 【へびあなにいる】 snake hibernation
- 裸蛇 【はだかへび】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 錦蛇 【にしきへび】 python, rock snake
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あぶ、 み
- Korean:
- sa, i
Spanish
- serpiente
Portuguese
- cobra
- serpente
- bebedor duro
French
- serpent
- gros buveur
1341 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1916 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4130 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1716 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1387 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1875 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2040 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1861 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1608 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1701 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
525 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32964 | Morohashi |
1343 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5303 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
519 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
558 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1656 | 2001 Kanji |
6d5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-5 | SKIP code |
5311.2 | Four corner code |
1-28-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
86c7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41100 | Morohashi |
2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3465 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
4-8-1 | SKIP code |
7173.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9577 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
- 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
- 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
- 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
- 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale
Kun reading compounds
- 城 【しろ】 castle
- 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
- ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
- 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- castillo
Portuguese
- Castelo
French
- château
914 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
903 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
638 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
886 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
433 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
796 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
720 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
733 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
942 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
374 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
417 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
368 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5086P | Morohashi |
352 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
362 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
387 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
884 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1459 | 2001 Kanji |
3b6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
4315.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
57ce | Unicode hex code |