| 227 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 308 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 292 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 235 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 638 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 239 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 648 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 226 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 384 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 385 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 660 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1120 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 58 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 38 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 39 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 482 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15992P | Morohashi |
| 54 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2929 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 471 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 510 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 150 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 268 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 次 【ジ】 next, hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence), order, sequence, time, times
- 次回 【ジカイ】 next time (occasion)
- 三次 【サンジ】 third, tertiary, cubic (function, equation, etc.), third-order
- 数次 【スウジ】 several times
- 次第に 【シダイニ】 gradually (progress into a state), in sequence, in order, in turn
- 次第 【シダイ】 depending on, as soon as, immediately after, upon, as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"), order, program, programme, precedence, circumstances, course of events, state of things, reason
- 路次 【ロジ】 way, path, route, along the way, along the road
Kun reading compounds
- 次ぐ 【つぐ】 to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
- 次ぐ身 【つぐみ】 next in line, heir
- 次 【つぎ】 next, following, subsequent, stage, station
- 次々 【つぎつぎ】 in succession, one by one
- 五十三次 【ごじゅうさんつぎ】 fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
- 中継ぎ 【なかつぎ】 joining, joint, intermediation, acting as an intermediary, relaying, taking over, middle relief pitcher, middle reliever, pole-shaped item with a join in the middle, tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 すき、 つぐ、 よし
- Korean:
- cha
Spanish
- siguiente
- seguir
Portuguese
- próximo
- pedido
- seqüência
French
- suivant
- ordre
- successivement
| 362 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 3718.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b21 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
- 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
- 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
- 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- comienzo
- principio
- origen
- jefe
Portuguese
- começo
- tempo anterior
- origem
French
- commencement
- origine
- ancien temps
| 68 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 106 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 328 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 106 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 121 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 60 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 245 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 59 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1340 | Morohashi |
| 1929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 59 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 63 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 408 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 89 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5143 | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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 |
jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
- On:
- カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
617 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貝 【カイ】 shellfish, seashell, shell
- 介護 【カイゴ】 nursing, care, caregiving, caring
- 魚介 【ギョカイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- 無媒介 【ムバイカイ】 immediacy
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すけ、 ゆき
- Korean:
- gae
Spanish
- intervención
- ayuda
- mediación
- cosa aburrida
Portuguese
- comprimir em
- marisco
- meio
- interessa a si próprio com
French
- immixtion
- coquillage
- intervention
- intermédiaire
- s'occuper de
| 1059 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 666 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 347 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 941 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 299 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 66 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 453 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 460 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 695 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 44 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2463 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1245 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1711 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 256 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 359 | Morohashi |
| 1967 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 108 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 250 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 265 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1020 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2854 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a2.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8022.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ecb | Unicode hex code |