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
street food stall; open-air cheap eatery
(coll.) leading light; superstar; badass
Canis Major (constellation)
prison; jail
prison; jail
prize; award
to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory
to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory
sports with big balls, like soccer
marble
abbr. for dà lǐ bái zú zì zhì zhōu, Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
Dali City in Yunnan, China
Dali Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan
dahlia (loanword)
Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
university student, abbr. for dà xué shēng
to empower; to put sb in powerful position
Daejeon city in South Korea
Daejeon Metropolitan City in South Korea
Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea
Datian county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
Datian county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
Dajia, a district of Taichung, Taiwan
Dajia town in Taichung, Taiwan