| 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 N1
1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 豆腐 【トウフ】 tofu, bean curd, beancurd
- 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
- 緑豆 【リョクトウ】 mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram
- 菜豆 【サイトウ】 haricot, kidney bean
- 豆打 【ズンダ】 mashed boiled green soybeans
- 小豆 【アズキ】 adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
- 大豆 【ダイズ】 soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy
Kun reading compounds
- 豆 【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child
- 豆知識 【まめちしき】 trivia, snippet of knowledge
- 枝豆 【えだまめ】 edamame (green soybeans)
- ライ豆 【ライまめ】 lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ど、 ま
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- legumbres
- habichuelas
- prefijo diminutivo
Portuguese
- feijões
- ervilha
- nanico
French
- haricot
- pois
- infime
| 379 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1640 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 988 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4465 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1044 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1773 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 438 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 958 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 988 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 471 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1715 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2442 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1235 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1700 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1452 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36245 | Morohashi |
| 1943 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5735 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1440 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1548 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 288 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3073 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d4.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 1010.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c46 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
690 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 油井 【ユセイ】 oil well
- 油彩 【ユサイ】 oil painting
- 重油 【ジュウユ】 heavy oil, fuel oil
- 軽油 【ケイユ】 diesel oil, diesel fuel, gas oil, light oil
- 油色 【ユショク】 coating a painting with a layer of transparent oil
- 油然 【ユウゼン】 gushingly, freely (welling up), copiously
Kun reading compounds
- 油 【あぶら】 oil
- 油絵 【あぶらえ】 oil painting
- 匂い油 【においあぶら】 perfumed hair oil
- 機械油 【きかいあぶら】 machine oil
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- aceite
- grasa
Portuguese
- petróleo
- gordura
- óleo
French
- huile
- gras
| 522 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 422 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 400 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 689 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2534 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 298 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 671 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 593 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 364 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 365 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 624 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1183 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 400 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1116 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17253 | Morohashi |
| 341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3106 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1188 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 317 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3516.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cb9 | Unicode hex code |