| 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 N3
897 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 越 【エツ】 Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE), Guangdong Province (China), Canton, Kwangtung, Vietnam
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 中越 【チュウエツ】 Chūetsu (region in Niigata), China and Vietnam, Sino-Vietnamese
- 上越 【ジョウエツ】 area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 越年蝶 【オツネンチョウ】 eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
- 檀越 【ダンオツ】 alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati
Kun reading compounds
- 越す 【こす】 to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come
- 越える 【こえる】 to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えち、 えっ、 お、 こえ、 こし、 ごえ、 ごし、 ごや
- Korean:
- weol, hwal
Spanish
- sobrepasar
- cruzar
- exceder
- moverse
Portuguese
- superar
- exceder
- Vietnã
French
- doubler
- traverser
- muter
- surpasser
- Vietnam
| 1021 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 529 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4542 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1021 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 934 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2052 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1001 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1038 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1073 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1756 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2085 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2825 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 393 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 37110 | Morohashi |
| 3314 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5851 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 387 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 413 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1588 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1470 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4n8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 4380.5 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8d8a | Unicode hex code |
station
- On:
- エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
- 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
- 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
- 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- estación
Portuguese
- estação
French
- gare
| 158 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 233 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 384 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5199 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 189 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 101 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2172 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 284 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 56 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1915 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1618 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2003 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 44633P | Morohashi |
| 1822 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6735 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1984 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 426 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3462 | 2001 Kanji |
| 10a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-10-4 | SKIP code |
| 7738.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 99c5 | Unicode hex code |