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
(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
power; authority
large area; wide expanse; vast stretch
broad daylight
lobby
archbishop; metropolitan; primate (of a church)
to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
Ōsaka, a city and prefecture in Japan
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
"the Great" (title); heavenly emperor
big tree; large tree
avenue
the truth comes out; everything is clear
spacious; wide; lenient
ambitious; promising; far-reaching
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific)
to be furious; to fly into a terrible rage
headquarters; base camp
greater than; more than, >; bigger than
delusions of grandeur; megalomania; egomania
public place with numerous people
greatest; most important
dam
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