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Chinese symbol for “greatest”

莫大
mò dà
greatest; most important

The closest CC-CEDICT match for greatest is 莫大 (mò dà), defined as: greatest; most important.

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

莫 mò
cannot; do not; is not; negative
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “greatest”

WordPinyinMeaning
太tàihighest; greatest
最多zuì duōat most; maximum

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莫大.

WordPinyinMeaning
莫过于 (莫過於)mò guò yúnothing can surpass
莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
莫非mò fēican it be possible that; could it be
莫名mò mínginexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
约莫 (約莫)yuē moto estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
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 “greatest”.

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.