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大

large
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingダイ、タイ
Kun readingおお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

大勢大人大学大切大きい大きな大使館大丈夫大好き大事大体大分

Radicals and components

Radical大big

Mnemonic (RtK)

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St. Bernard (犬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 112

Compound words

大学だいがく
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
大人おとな
adult; grown-up
大勢おおぜい
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
大勢たいせい
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times)
大切たいせつ
important; significant; serious; crucial; precious
大きなおおきな
big; large; great
大好きだいすき
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
大使館たいしかん
embassy
大丈夫だいじょうぶ
safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear
大きいおおきい
big; large; great; loud; extensive
大事だいじ
important; serious; crucial; valuable; precious
大体だいたい
generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly
大分だいぶ
considerably; greatly; a lot
大学生だいがくせい
university student; college student
偉大いだい
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
拡大かくだい
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation
巨大きょだい
huge; gigantic; enormous
重大じゅうだい
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
大家おおや
landlord; landlady
大家たいか
master; expert; authority; leading figure; mansion
大いにおおいに
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly
増大ぞうだい
enlargement; increase
大工だいく
carpenter
大小だいしょう
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums

Stroke Order

3 strokes

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