1937 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1445 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2570 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1197 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1475 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1339 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1753 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1877 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1398 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1202 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
527 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
323 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
398 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1482 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17482 | Morohashi |
439 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3155 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1580 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1362 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
wandering, waves, billows, reckless, unrestrained
- On:
- ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浪 【ロウ】 person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
- 浪人 【ロウニン】 ronin, masterless samurai, high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination, person out of work, jobless person, wanderer, drifter
- 放浪 【ホウロウ】 wandering, roaming, drifting
- 1浪 【イチロウ】 failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なに、 なみ
- Korean:
- rang
Spanish
- ola
- onda
- ondulación
- fluctuación
- divagación
- vagar
- inutilidad
Portuguese
- vagabundando
- ondas
- vagas
French
- ondes
- vagues
- flots
365 | 2001 Kanji |
3a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
3313.2 | Four corner code |
1-47-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d6a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1408 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 漫画家 【マンガカ】 cartoonist, comic book artist, manga artist, manga author, mangaka
- 漫画 【マンガ】 cartoon, comic, comic strip, manga
- 海漫 【カイマン】 ocean, large sea
- 浪漫 【ロウマン】 romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale, (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit, great undertaking, epic adventure, (full-length) novel, romance, love affair, romanticism
Kun reading compounds
- 妄りに 【みだりに】 without authority, without reason, unnecessarily, recklessly, indiscriminately, arbitrarily
- 漫ろ 【そぞろ】 restless, on edge (and unable to concentrate), distracted, for some reason
- そぞろ歩き 【そぞろあるき】 slow, relaxed walk, stroll
Readings
- Korean:
- man
Spanish
- involuntariamente
- relajado
- flojo
Portuguese
- desenho animado
- involuntariamente
- no interesse de a si próprio
- corrompido
French
- manga
- imprécis
- involontaire
- à contre-coeur
- corrompre
1838 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1350 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2683 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1389 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1497 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1411 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1500 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
652 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1246 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
858 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
494 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
633 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
838 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18166 | Morohashi |
700 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3308 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
893 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1715 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
367 | 2001 Kanji |
3a11.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
3614.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6f2b | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 活 【カツ】 living, life, judo art of resuscitation, action, activity
- 活字 【カツジ】 printing type, movable type, printed text, print
- 死活 【シカツ】 life and death, life or death
- 就活 【シュウカツ】 job hunting, job searching
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
Readings
- Korean:
- hwal, gwal
Spanish
- vida
- energía
- actividad
Portuguese
- vivo
- resuscitação
- existência
- ser ajudado
- vida
French
- vivant
- animé
- résurrection
- être aidé
174 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
99 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
244 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
203 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2552 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
198 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
681 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
819 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
237 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
517 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1185 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
460 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
285 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17423 | Morohashi |
385 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3132 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
143 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
132 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
172 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
377 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3216.4 | Four corner code |
1-19-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d3b | Unicode hex code |
drama, play
- On:
- ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
- 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
- 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
- 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- drama
- obra
- teatro
- violento
- intenso
Portuguese
- drama
- jogo
French
- théâtre
- pièce (théâtre)
858 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
458 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
247 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1078 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
365 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
797 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
811 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1140 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
206 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2399 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1681 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2016 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2218 | Morohashi |
1904 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
982 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1243 | 2001 Kanji |
2f13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-13-2 | SKIP code |
2220.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5287 | Unicode hex code |