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
the New World
(idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
(idiom) to become agitated; to get worked up
Luda, old name for Dalian and Lushun area
former name of Dalian city
1898 lease treaty ceding Port Arthur to Russia
1898 Qing treaty leasing Lushun to Russia
Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
Star Wars
Star Wars
spring barley
spring barley
unrealistic ideas (idiom); grand dreams
unrealistic ideas (idiom); grand dreams
varying; sometimes big, sometimes small
varying; sometimes big, sometimes small
Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Purdue University
proletariat
proletariat