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Chinese symbol for “mostly”

大多
dà duō
for the most part; many; most; the greater part

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mostly is 大多 (dà duō), defined as: for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
多 duō
much, many, multi-; more than, over
radical 36 ⼣ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mostly”

WordPinyinMeaning
多半duō bànmost; mostly
十有八九shí yǒu bā jiǔmost likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
十之八九shí zhī bā jiǔmost likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10)
泰半tài bànmore than half; a majority
太半tài bànmore than half; a majority

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大多.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat

See also: Japanese symbol for “mostly”.

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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