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ε€§
JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #6

Meanings

large, big

Radicals

ε€§

Decomposition

βΏ»δΈ€δΊΊ

Etymology

Ideographic: A manΒ δΊΊ 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)
ダむ dai

Used in compound words

γ‚Ώγ‚€ tai

Alternative reading

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
おお oo

Prefix for big/large

Words Using This Kanji

3214 words total
Other (20 words)
倧法 γŸγ„γ»γ†

important law

倧写し γŠγŠγ†γ€γ—

close-up

倧過去 だいかこ

past perfect tense

倧逆事仢 γ γ„γŽγ‚ƒγγ˜γ‘γ‚“

High Treason Incident (socialist-anarchist plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji in 1910)

倧同 だいどう

general resemblance

倧円 γ γ„γˆγ‚“

large circle

倧息 γŠγŠγ„γ

deep sigh

ε€§ε…₯γ‚Šθ’‹ γŠγŠγ„γ‚ŠγΆγγ‚

envelope containing a bonus paid to venue staff on the occasion of a full house

倧山猫 γŠγŠγ‚„γΎγ­γ“

lynx (esp. the Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx)

ε€§ε‘½ γŸγ„γ‚γ„

imperial command

倧人物 γ γ„γ˜γ‚“γΆγ€

great person

ε€§η™½ι³₯ γŠγŠγ―γγ‘γ‚‡γ†

whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

ε€§ε½Ή γŸγ„γ‚„γ

important task

ε€§ε’Œζ­Œ γ‚„γΎγ¨γ†γŸ

Japanese poem

ε€§ζΌ”ηΏ’ γ γ„γˆγ‚“γ—γ‚…γ†

large-scale maneuvers

η‰Ήη­†ε€§ζ›Έ γ¨γγ²γ€γŸγ„γ—γ‚‡

(printed or written in) large letters

ε€§ε‘³ γŠγŠγ‚γ˜

flat-tasting

倧権 γŸγ„γ‘γ‚“

supreme authority

特命全権倧使 γ¨γγ‚γ„γœγ‚“γ‘γ‚“γŸγ„γ—

ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary

ε€§ζ Ήε½Ήθ€… だいこんやくしゃ

bad actor