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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 2 - 太

Kanji character Grade 2 太. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 太
About
plump, thick, big around
Kun: ふと.い、 ふと.る
On: タイ、 タ
4 strokes
Radical: big, very 大
Parts: 丶 大
 
Onyomi
太鼓 【タイコ】 drum
太太 【タイタイ】 wife
馬太 【マタイ】 Matthew (the Apostle)
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)
 
Kunyomi
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