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  • 豁然 【カツゼン】 (open up) suddenly (of a view), widely, broadly, (disappear) suddenly (of doubt, hesitation, etc.)
  • 豁然大悟 【カツゼンタイゴ】 suddenly seeing the light, achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden
  • 開豁 【カイカツ】 open, openminded

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4, hua2, huo1
Korean:
hwal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4463 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2667 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
36221 Morohashi
5733 New Nelson (John Haig)
3m14.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-7 SKIP code
3866.8 Four corner code
1-76-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c41 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Kun:
しかしか.りしか.し
On:
ゼンネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 然 【ゼン】 -like
  • 然諾 【ゼンダク】 consent, saying yes
  • 必然 【ヒツゼン】 inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity
  • 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
  • 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
  • 自然 【ジネン】 occurring naturally (without human influence)

Kun reading compounds

  • 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
  • 然 【さ】 so, like that, in that way
  • 然らば 【さらば】 farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)
  • 然然 【ささ】 such and such

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • de esa forma
  • en ese caso

Portuguese

  • Tipos de objetos
  • assim
  • se assim
  • naquele caso
  • bem

French

  • un certain
  • si c'est comme ça
  • dans ce cas
  • suffixe adverbial
450 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
557 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
528 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2770 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
437 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
716 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
651 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
246 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19149 Morohashi
2782 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3435 New Nelson (John Haig)
241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
144 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
592 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
4d8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2333.3 Four corner code
1-33-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7136 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
large, big
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

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand
Kun:
さと.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1411 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 悟性 【ゴセイ】 wisdom, understanding
  • 悟達 【ゴタツ】 attaining enlightenment
  • 大悟 【タイゴ】 enlightenment, great wisdom
  • 穎悟 【エイゴ】 intelligent, shrewd

Kun reading compounds

  • 悟る 【さとる】 to perceive, to sense, to become aware, to notice, to detect, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • percibir
  • discernir
  • percatarse
  • darse cuenta

Portuguese

  • Iluminação (budismo)
  • perceber
  • discernir
  • compreender
  • compreende

French

  • illumination
  • Eveil
  • percevoir
  • discerner
  • réaliser
  • comprendre
1239 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1479 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1104 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1297 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1053 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1438 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1528 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1454 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
816 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
629 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10680 Morohashi
419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 New Nelson (John Haig)
622 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
669 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1177 2001 Kanji
4k7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
9106.1 Four corner code
1-24-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
609f Unicode hex code