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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)

大逆転だいぎゃくてん

dramatic turn-around

医大生いだいせい

medical student

大賢者だいけんじゃ

great sage

大寺院だいじいん

large temple

大工仕事だいくしごと

carpentry

大型新人おおがたしんじん

newcomer showing great promise

主務大臣しゅむだいじん

the cabinet minister in charge

東海大学とうかいだいがく

Tokai University

大気科学たいきかがく

atmospheric sciences

大和人やまとびと

Japanese people

大特だいとく

large special-purpose vehicle

東海女子大学とうかいじょしだいがく

Tokai Women's College

大戦争だいせんそう

major war

大御代おおみよ

glorious reign of the Emperor

大御所おおごしょ

leading figure

大化の改新たいかのかいしん

Taika Reforms (645 CE)

欧州大戦おうしゅうたいせん

First World War (1914-1918)

散大さんだい

dilation (of the pupil)

大念仏だいねんぶつ

loudly reciting Amithaba's name

大幅増おおはばぞう

substantial increase

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