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JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #6

Meanings

large, big

Radicals

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)
生大刀 いくたち

sword brimming over with life force

見ると聞くとは大違い みるときくとはおおちがい

there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes

小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす

to sacrifice something small in order to save something great

生兵法は大怪我のもと なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと

a little learning is a dangerous thing

大事の前の小事 だいじのまえのしょうじ

don't put the trivial ahead of the important

釣り落とした魚は大きい つりおとしたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

逃がした魚は大きい にがしたさかなはおおきい

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

聞くと見るとは大違い きくとみるとはおおちがい

don't believe everything you hear

大王松 だいおうしょう

longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)

大検 だいけん

University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)

経済法科大学 けいざいほうかだいがく

university specializing in economics and law

大学入学資格検定 だいがくにゅうがくしかくけんてい

University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)

内需拡大 ないじゅかくだい

expansion of domestic demand

大負け おおまけ

major loss

親善大使 しんぜんたいし

goodwill ambassador

貴大学 きだいがく

esteemed university

大時化 おおしけ

very stormy weather (at sea)

大馬鹿 おおばか

extreme foolishness

大規模小売店舗立地法 だいきぼこうりてんぽりっちほう

Act on the Measures by Large-Scale Retail Stores for Preservation of Living Environment

巨大分子 きょだいぶんし

macromolecule