Jisho

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滝

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 田 立 竜
Variants:
瀧
waterfall, rapids, cascade
Kun:
たき
On:
ロウ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 滝 【たき】 waterfall, rapids
  • 滝川 【たきがわ】 rapids
  • 白滝 【しらたき】 shirataki noodles, white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki, waterfall resembling a white sheet
  • 枯滝 【かれたき】 dried up waterfall, dry waterfall, simulated waterfall in a dry garden

Readings

Japanese names:
らき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2, shuang1
Korean:
rong

Spanish

  • cascada
  • catarata
  • rápidos

Portuguese

  • cachoeira
  • corredeira
  • cascata

French

  • cascade
  • rapides
  • chute d'eau
1550 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1285 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2655 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1491 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1862 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1759 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1887 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1235 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
476 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
543 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18067 Morohashi
661 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3273 New Nelson (John Haig)
537 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
576 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1644 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
356 2001 Kanji
3a10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3011.6 Four corner code
1-34-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6edd Unicode hex code

澤

16 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亠 十 土 汁 立 買 辛
Variants:
沢
swamp
Kun:
さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや
On:
タク
2374 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 白沢 【ハクタク】 bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
taeg, seog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2704 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18383 Morohashi
778 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3338 New Nelson (John Haig)
3a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
3614.1 Four corner code
1-63-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6fa4 Unicode hex code

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

志

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
士 心
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
Kun:
シリング、 こころざ.す、 こころざし
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 【シリング】 shilling
  • 志向 【シコウ】 intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
  • 遺志 【イシ】 wishes of a deceased person, dying wish
  • 立志 【リッシ】 fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal

Kun reading compounds

  • 【シリング】 shilling
  • 志す 【こころざす】 to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)
  • 志 【こころざし】 will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)
  • 志ある者は事ついに成る 【こころざしあるものはことついになる】 where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything
  • お志 【おこころざし】 kindness, courtesy
  • 青雲の志 【せいうんのこころざし】 high (lofty) ambition

Readings

Japanese names:
じん、 べ、 べし、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • intención
  • deseo
  • aspiración
  • ambición
  • aspirar
  • desear
  • voluntad

Portuguese

  • intenção
  • plano
  • resolver
  • aspirar
  • motivo
  • esperanças
  • shilling (din.)

French

  • dessein
  • intention
  • plan
  • motif
  • aspirer à
  • résolution
  • espoirs
  • shilling
623 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
718 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
692 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
757 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
464 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
573 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
756 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
770 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2725 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
607 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10331 Morohashi
2199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1785 New Nelson (John Haig)
600 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
668 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
3p4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4033.1 Four corner code
1-27-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fd7 Unicode hex code