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大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
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

西

6 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
西
Variants:
west, Spain
Kun:
にし
On:
セイ、 サイ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 西 【セイ】 Spain
  • 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
  • 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
  • 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
  • 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
  • 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  • 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain

Kun reading compounds

  • 西 【にし】 west
  • 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
  • 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi

Readings

Japanese names:
いり、 ひし、 むら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • Oeste
  • España

Portuguese

  • oeste
  • Espanha

French

  • Ouest
  • Espagne
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
152 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
28 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
83 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
336 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
72 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1638 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4333 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34763 Morohashi
3520 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5514 New Nelson (John Haig)
1602 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
198 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
128 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
0a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
897f Unicode hex code

卓

8 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
十 卜 日
Variants:
桌
eminent, table, desk, high
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1348 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卓 【タク】 table, desk, counter for tables, desks, etc., offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony), tabletop incense burner
  • 卓越 【タクエツ】 preeminence, excellence, superiority, transcendence
  • 聖卓 【セイタク】 altar (esp. Christian)
  • 音声調整卓 【オンセイチョウセイタク】 mixing board (console, desk), (audio) mixer

Readings

Japanese names:
すぐる、 たか、 たかし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo1, zhuo2
Korean:
tag

Spanish

  • exceder
  • sobrepasar
  • eminente
  • mesa
  • escritorio

Portuguese

  • eminente
  • tabela
  • mesa
  • alta

French

  • éminent
  • haut
  • table
1553 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1428 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
802 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1761 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1111 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
660 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1679 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1794 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1030 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
246 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1307 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
51 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2741 Morohashi
2064 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
616 New Nelson (John Haig)
51 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
52 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1157 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
2m6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2140.6 Four corner code
1-34-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5353 Unicode hex code

哉

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 土 戈
how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
Kun:
かな、 や
On:
サイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 快哉 【カイサイ】 joy, exultation
  • 悦哉 【エッサイ】 musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

Kun reading compounds

  • 哉 【かな】 how!, what!, alas!
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 果たせるかな 【はたせるかな】 as expected
  • 候哉 【そうろうや】 I wonder if ...

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 すけ、 とし、 ちか、 はじめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • ¿cómo?
  • ¿qué?
  • exclamación

Portuguese

French

777 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1940 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1006 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2037 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2071 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3596 Morohashi
3294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 New Nelson (John Haig)
2704 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4n5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
4365.0 Four corner code
1-26-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c9 Unicode hex code