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
Standing Committee of China’s legislature
National People's Congress (NPC)
National People's Congress (NPC)
(Chinese) National People's Congress; abbr. to rén dà
(Chinese) National People's Congress; abbr. to rén dà
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
national general congress
national general congress
National Congress Party (Sudan)
National Congress Party (Sudan)
plenipotentiary ambassador
plenipotentiary ambassador
abbr. to bā lǎo
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
eight-headed serpent in Japanese myth
(fig.) lavish treatment; palanquin with eight carriers
(fig.) lavish treatment; palanquin with eight carriers
Tripitaka Koreana Buddhist woodblock canon
Tripitaka Koreana Buddhist scripture set
apartment building
apartment building
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing cáo bù xīng, Gu Kaizhi gù kǎi zhī, Lu Tanwei lù tàn wēi and Zhang Sengyou zhāng sēng yóu
to discuss matters of vital importance