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大
JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #6

Meanings

large, big

Radicals

大

Decomposition

⿻一人

Etymology

Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 diagonal top-to-bottom
3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ダイ dai

Used in compound words

タイ tai

Alternative reading

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
おお oo

Prefix for big/large

Words Using This Kanji

3214 words total
Other (20 words)
大地震 おおじしん

major earthquake

大敵 たいてき

great rival

大統領 だいとうりょう

president (of a country)

大波 おおなみ

billow

大瓶 おおびん

large bottle

大幅刷新 おおはばさっしん

widescale reform

大文字 おおもじ

uppercase letter

大便 だいべん

feces

大麻 たいま

hemp

大目玉 おおめだま

good scolding

大圏コース たいけんコース

great circle route

大鼓 おおつづみ

large hand drum

大工 だいく

carpenter

大差 たいさ

great difference

大作 たいさく

large-scale work

大司教 だいしきょう

archbishop (Catholic)

大寺院 だいじいん

large temple

大樹 たいじゅ

large tree

大暑 たいしょ

blistering heat

巨大分子 きょだいぶんし

macromolecule

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