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Chinese symbol for “enormous”

极大
jí dà
Traditional: 極大
enormous; great; (math.) maximum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for enormous is 极大 (jí dà), defined as: enormous; great; (math.) maximum.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “enormous”

WordPinyinMeaning
巨大jù dàhuge; immense; enormous; gigantic
庞大 (龐大)páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous
巨型jù xínggiant; enormous
天大tiān dàgargantuan; as big as the sky
泼天 (潑天)pō tiānenormous; immense; overwhelming

Related words

Other words that share a character with 极大.

WordPinyinMeaning
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
极为 (極為)jí wéiextremely; exceedingly
极其 (極其)jí qíextremely
极度 (極度)jí dùextremely
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity

See also: Japanese symbol for “enormous”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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