Entry
  1. Noun

    (time of) extreme cold

    大寒:1年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。
    Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
  2. "major cold" solar term (approx. January 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)

    see 二十四節気

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

large, big

Kun
おお-おお.きい-おお.いに
On
ダイタイ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
7 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

うふおうたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもと

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-4SKIP code
0a3.18The Kanji Dictionary
4003.0Four corner code
1463deroo
5927Unicode hex code
1-34-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1171Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1133New Nelson (John Haig)
3416New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4224Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
107Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
48Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
32Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5831Morohashi
53A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
26Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22sakade
40Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
25henshall3
14Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
5crowley
87Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
408Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
108Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
da4, dai4Pinyin reading
dae, da, taeKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cold

Kun
さむ.い
On
カン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1456 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

さん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-9SKIP code
3m9.3The Kanji Dictionary
3030.3Four corner code
740deroo
5bd2Unicode hex code
1-20-08JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1322Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1350New Nelson (John Haig)
2311New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2894Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2011Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1526Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1645Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1195A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1714Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
831Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7239XMorohashi
245A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
457Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
175sakade
159Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
263henshall3
393Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
120Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
490Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1540Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
han2Pinyin reading
hanKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level