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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

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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

銀

14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
艮 金
silver
Kun:
しろがね
On:
ギン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 銀 【ギン】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
  • 銀色 【ギンイロ】 silver (color, colour)
  • 世銀 【セギン】 World Bank
  • 水銀 【スイギン】 mercury (Hg)

Kun reading compounds

  • 銀 【ぎん】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
  • 銀鯵 【しろがねあじ】 lookdown (Selene vomer)

Readings

Japanese names:
うん、 かな、 かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin2
Korean:
eun

Spanish

  • plata

Portuguese

  • prata

French

  • argent
196 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
281 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
263 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
264 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
379 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
268 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
313 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1817 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2156 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1471 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40355 Morohashi
1722 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6268 New Nelson (John Haig)
1459 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1569 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
427 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8713.2 Four corner code
1-22-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9280 Unicode hex code

杏

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
口 木
apricot
Kun:
あんず
On:
キョウ、 アン、 コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2159 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 杏林 【キョウリン】 apricot grove
  • 杏花 【キョウカ】 apricot flower
  • 巴旦杏 【ハタンキョウ】 plum, almond
  • 牡丹杏 【ボタンキョウ】 variety of Japanese plum
  • 杏 【アンズ】 apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
  • 杏酒 【アンズシュ】 sake made from apricot

Kun reading compounds

  • 杏 【あんず】 apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
  • 杏酒 【あんずしゅ】 sake made from apricot

Readings

Japanese names:
りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
haeng

Spanish

  • albaricoque

Portuguese

French

  • abricot
2185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
487 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3049 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1554 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
207 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14461 Morohashi
2397 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2554 New Nelson (John Haig)
203 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
215 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a3.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
4060.9 Four corner code
1-16-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
674f Unicode hex code

髷

16 strokes
Radical:
long hair 髟
Parts:
｜ 厶 彡 日 長 髟
topknot
Kun:
まげ、 わげ
On:
キョク

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Kun reading compounds

  • 髷 【まげ】 bun (hairstyle), chignon, topknot
  • 髷物 【まげもの】 period story (play, film, novel, etc.; set in the Edo period)
  • 大銀杏髷 【おおいちょうまげ】 ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
  • 付け髷 【つけまげ】 hairpiece, fall, false coiffure
  • 笄髷 【こうがいわげ】 type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)
  • 兵庫髷 【ひょうごわげ】 female hairstyle starting from the Keicho period

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1
Korean:
gog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5260 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
45426 Morohashi
6810 New Nelson (John Haig)
3j13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-6 SKIP code
7260.2 Four corner code
1-81-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9af7 Unicode hex code