EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    ancient times; prehistoric times

    人類は太古の昔から指を用いて食べ物を食してきたのである。
    People have eaten with their fingers from the beginning of history.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

plump, thick, big around

Kun
ふと.い、ふと.る
On
タイ、タ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
552 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

おお、たか、ひろ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-1, 4-4-4SKIP code
0a4.18The Kanji Dictionary
4003.0Four corner code
1463deroo
592aUnicode hex code
1-34-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1172Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1137New Nelson (John Haig)
2152New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2673Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1360Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1846Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
126Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
343A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
105Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
508Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5834Morohashi
164A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
629Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
269sakade
151Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
181henshall3
98Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
257crowley
124Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
409Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
121Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tai4Pinyin reading
taeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

old

Kun
ふる.い、ふる-、-ふる.す
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
509 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

ふゆ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-3SKIP code
2k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4060.0Four corner code
1577deroo
53e4Unicode hex code
1-24-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
702New Nelson (John Haig)
2002New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2495Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1262Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1728Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
16Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
373A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
154Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
93Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3233Morohashi
109A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
172Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70sakade
32Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
121henshall3
107Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
320crowley
86Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
278Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu3Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level