Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
nose
Parts:
nose, snout
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鼻息 【ハナイキ】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 鼻炎 【ビエン】 rhinitis, coryza, nasal inflammation
  • 阿鼻 【アビ】 Avici (lowest level of hell)
  • 擤鼻 【コウビ】 nose-blowing

Kun reading compounds

  • 鼻 【はな】 nose
  • 鼻息 【はないき】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 目鼻 【めはな】 eyes and nose, looks, facial features, shape, form
  • 赤鼻 【あかはな】 red nose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • nariz
  • hocico

Portuguese

  • nariz
  • focinho
  • tromba

French

  • nez
  • museau
  • groin
496 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
399 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
377 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5421 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
714 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1022 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2206 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
813 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
832 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
685 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48498P Morohashi
2706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7082 New Nelson (John Haig)
678 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
733 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
428 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
855 2001 Kanji
5f9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2644.6 Four corner code
1-41-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f3b Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
plump, thick, big around
Kun:
ふと.いふと.る
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 太太 【タイタイ】 wife
  • 馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
  • 羽太 【ハタ】 sea basses, groupers
  • 赤羽太 【アカハタ】 blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

Kun reading compounds

  • 太い 【ふとい】 fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious
  • 太藺 【ふとい】 softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
  • 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 たか、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai4
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • gordo
  • grueso
  • engordar

Portuguese

  • gordo
  • grande
  • espesso

French

  • gras
  • dodu
  • gros
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
181 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
164 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
343 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
508 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
151 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
105 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
409 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
121 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5834 Morohashi
2152 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1137 New Nelson (John Haig)
120 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
257 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
98 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592a 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

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Kun reading compounds

  • 蜥蜴 【とかげ】 lizard, skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
  • 蜥蜴座 【とかげざ】 Lacerta (constellation), the Lizard

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4155 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33157 Morohashi
5338 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
5212.1 Four corner code
1-73-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8725 Unicode hex code

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
cheog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4152 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33190 Morohashi
5335 New Nelson (John Haig)
6d8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
5612.7 Four corner code
1-73-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8734 Unicode hex code