Japanese symbol for “sprawling”
大の字
だいのじ
Romaji: dainoji
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
In Japanese, sprawling is 大の字, read だいのじ (dainoji).
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Meanings
- exp, n shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sprawling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| だだっ広い | だだっぴろい dadappiroi | excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling |
| だだ広い | だだびろい dadabiroi | excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling |
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) |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 数字 | すうじ suuji | numeral; digit; numeric character |
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.