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
Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
Daming calendar; 5th-century Chinese calendar
Daming Calendar; 5th-century Chinese calendar
Daming Lake in Jinan jǐ nán, Shandong
king prawn
king prawn
great masterwort (Astrantia major)
Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, main Tibetan shrine
truly wise seem simple or foolish; hidden wisdom
great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
Great Heat solar term; hottest summer period
general assembly; convention; general meeting
rapporteur
rapporteur
a lunar month of 30 days; solar month of 31 days
Greater Yuezhi people of ancient Central Asia
there is much; (literary) abundance