EntryCommonWaniKani 36
  1. Noun

    general; admiral

    Military

    あいつは小山の大将だった。
    He was the cock of the walk.
  2. head; chief; leader; boss; kingpin

  3. old chap; mate; boss; chief; man

    Familiar languagefamiliar or jocular term for addressing a male

  4. athlete who competes in the last match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

    see 先鋒see せんぽう・2

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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

leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

Kun
まさ.にはたまさひきい.るもって
On
ショウソウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
634 of 2500
Radical
inch
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Used in names as

かつかつりすすむたかゆき

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
2b8.3The Kanji Dictionary
3714.2, 3214.9Four corner code
1248deroo
5c06Unicode hex code
1-30-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2840Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1379New Nelson (John Haig)
460New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
336Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
415Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
731Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
789Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
561A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1040Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
920Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7437PMorohashi
899A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
627Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
637Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
479Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
911henshall3
906Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
447crowley
830Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
506Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
739Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiang1, jiang4Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level