Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

552 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: plump, thick, big around

Kunyomi: ふと.い ふと.る

Onyomi: タイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

陽(たいよう)   sun

鼓(たいこ)   drum

平洋(たいへいよう)   Pacific Ocean

古(たいこ)   ancient times

(まるた)   log

る(ふとる)   become fat

い(ふとい)   fat, thick

Onyomi Examples

大山 タイザン great mountain, large mountain

タイコ drum

タイタイ wife

マタイ Matthew (the Apostle)

大山 タイザン great mountain, large mountain

タイコ drum

ハタ sea basses, groupers

赤羽 アカハタ blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

Kunyomi Examples

ふとい fat, thick, deep (of a voice), thick, sonorous, daring, shameless, brazen, audacious

ふとい softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

ふとる to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout