Japanese symbol for “size”
大小
だいしょう
Romaji: daishou
size; dimension; magnitude
In Japanese, size is 大小, read だいしょう (daishou).
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.
Meanings
- n size; dimension; magnitude
- adj-no, n large and small (sizes); various sizes
- n daishō (matched pair of long and short swords)
- n large and small drums
- n long months and short months
- n sic bo (Macao dice game); tai sai; dai siu; big and small
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “size”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 面積 | めんせき menseki | area (measurement); square measure; size (of land) |
| サイズ | サイズ saizu | size |
| 型 | かた kata | (set) size; inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.) |
| 号 | ごう gou | size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.) |
| 寸法 | すんぽう sunpou | measurement; size; extent |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 小説 | しょうせつ shousetsu | novel; story; (work of) fiction |
| 小学校 | しょうがっこう shougakkou | primary school; elementary school; grade school |
See also: Chinese symbol for “size”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.