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
nothing is more wretched than apathy
Harvard University
Harvard University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin Institute of Technology
Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University (abbr.)
Costa Rica (Tw)
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang
Eight great Tang–Song prose writers
Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976)
ticket office
ticket office
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang)
Georgetown University in Washington, DC
Georgetown University in Washington, DC
Jiaying University (Guangdong)
Jiaying University (Guangdong)
clamorous reed warbler bird
clamorous reed warbler bird
to wail; to bawl (idiom)
the four famous Buddhist mountains in China
the four great classic Chinese novels
the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha