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 N1
2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 霜害 【ソウガイ】 frost damage
- 霜剣 【ソウケン】 cold sharp sword, blade of ice
- 星霜 【セイソウ】 years, time
- 幾星霜 【イクセイソウ】 many months and years
Kun reading compounds
- 霜 【しも】 frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
- 霜降り 【しもふり】 speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost
- 秋霜 【しゅうそう】 autumn frost, fall frost, harshness, strictness, rigour, white hair, grey hair, sharp sword
- 朝霜 【あさしも】 morning frost
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- escarcha
- blanco
- tiempo
Portuguese
- geada
French
- gel
- givre
1529 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1630 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1892 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2694 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
948 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
978 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1689 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1868 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3491 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1801 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2451 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
433 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
42363 | Morohashi |
2815 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6542 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
426 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
455 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1888 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3179 | 2001 Kanji |
8d9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-9 | SKIP code |
1096.1 | Four corner code |
1096.3 | Four corner code |
1-33-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
971c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 降格 【コウカク】 demotion, relegation, downgrading
- 降雨 【コウウ】 rainfall, rain
- 乗降 【ジョウコウ】 getting on and off, embarking and disembarking
- 投降 【トウコウ】 surrender
- 降三世明王 【ゴウザンゼミョウオウ】 Trailokyavijaya Vidya-raja, conqueror of the three worlds
- 降誕会 【ゴウタンエ】 service celebrating the birth of the Buddha (held on April 8), Buddha's birthday festival
Kun reading compounds
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降る 【ふる】 to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down, to form (of frost), to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in, to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
- 降り 【ふり】 rainfall, snowfall, alighting, descending
- 降りしきる 【ふりしきる】 to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.), to fall hard, to fall heavily, to pour down
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふり、 ふる
- Korean:
- hang, gang
Spanish
- caer
- bajar
- descender
- llover
- rendirse
- desde entonces
- bajarse
Portuguese
- descer
- precipitar
- queda
- rendição
French
- descendre
- pleuvoir
- précipiter
- tomber
- se rendre
873 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
863 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
787 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4994 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
887 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
984 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1058 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
947 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
977 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
136 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
731 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
548 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
335 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1317 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41620 | Morohashi |
458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6450 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1308 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
898 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3655 | 2001 Kanji |
2d7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
7725.4 | Four corner code |
1-25-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
964d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
- 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
- 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
Kun reading compounds
- 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
- 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 ぐさ
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- rama
- bifurcación
Portuguese
- ramagem
- ramo
- galho
- tronco
French
- branche
- rameau
- brindille
- compteur de branches
719 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1315 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1154 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
889 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
626 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
631 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
870 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
972 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1074 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1073 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
579 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
767 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
720 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14557 | Morohashi |
863 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2591 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
713 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
684 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1867 | 2001 Kanji |
4a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
4494.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
679d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1940 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尺 【シャク】 shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm), rule, measure, scale, length
- 尺度 【シャクド】 gauge, standard, measure, criterion, index, length, size, (measuring) rule, scale
- 大尺 【ダイシャク】 large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
- 対数尺 【タイスウジャク】 logarithmic scale
- 尺寸 【シャクスン】 (something) tiny, trifle
- 尺地 【セキチ】 small plot of land
- 咫尺 【シセキ】 very short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 尺 【さし】 ruler, measure
- 畳尺 【たたみじゃく】 folding ruler, collapsible ruler
Readings
- Korean:
- cheog
Spanish
- regla
- medida
- antigua unidad de medida
Portuguese
- shaku
- pé Japonês
- medida
- escala
- regra
French
- shaku (30,303 cm)
- mesure
- échelle
- règle
895 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
884 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1842 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1377 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1781 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1227 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
96 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1895 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2071 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
762 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
521 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2146 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1079 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7632 | Morohashi |
3440 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1404 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1070 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1151 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
830 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3762 | 2001 Kanji |
3r1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
3-3-1 | SKIP code |
7780.7 | Four corner code |
1-28-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c3a | Unicode hex code |