大 — Chinese character
大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
- Pinyin
- dà
- Radical
- 37 ⼤ (Big)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 一 人
- Formation
- ideographic — A man 人 with outstretched arms
- Japanese
- 大 as a kanji
Common words with 大
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 伟大 (偉大) | wěi dà | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) |
| 扩大 (擴大) | kuò dà | to expand; to enlarge |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 大部分 | dà bù fen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 强大 (強大) | qiáng dà | big and strong; formidable; powerful |
English words written with 大
大 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 58 · Analects 51 · Art of War 6 · I Ching 51 · Mencius 165 · Zhuangzi 360 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 29
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 18
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 27
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 28
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 34
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
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