| 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 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
- 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
- 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
- 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kun reading compounds
- 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
- 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Readings
- Korean:
- pae
Spanish
- concha
Portuguese
- Marisco
- conchas
French
- coquillage
| 169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 49 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 90 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1590 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4486 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 44 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 240 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 719 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1720 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3150 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1614 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2200 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 54 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 36656 | Morohashi |
| 2543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5766 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 54 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 56 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 70 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3961 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 6080.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8c9d | Unicode hex code |