big; large; great

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 17th character
Radical ⼤ (37.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 32

Definitions

大 dà
  1. 1. big
  2. 2. large
  3. 3. great
  4. 4. major
  5. 5. huge
  6. 6. very much
  7. 7. greatly
  8. 8. older (than)
  9. 9. eldest
  10. 10. oldest
  11. 11. wide
  12. 12. deep
  13. 13. father's elder or younger brother
  14. 14. (dialect) father
大 dài
  1. 1. see dài fu

Stroke order

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Words containing 大

Word Meaning
rhubarb (botany)
broad and open road (idiom); fig. brilliant future prospects
grandpa; uncle
common word for ladybug, more formally piáo chóng
rich and overbearing; rich and imposing
unification (of the nation); large scale unification
Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
selfless; impartial
to take complete charge (idiom)
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
(coll.) wife's elder sister; sister-in-law
wife's older sister; sister-in-law
the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self
capital of Wei wèi during Warring states
ostentatiously; boldly; self-assured
(fig.) all over China
desert
put justice before family; punish own kin
gist; main points; abstract
Daegu, city in South Korea
bass drum
Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
to be highly principled
sloppy; rough and ready; boorish
"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)