大 — kanji meaning “large”
大
large, big
- Meanings
- large, big
- On'yomi
- ダイ (dai)、タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
- Name readings
- うふ、お、おう、た、たかし、とも
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #7 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 37
- Chinese reading
- dà, dài — Chinese character page
Words with 大
| 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) |
| 大切 | たいせつ taisetsu | important; significant; serious |
| 大人 | おとな otona | adult; grown-up |
| 大事 | だいじ daiji | important; serious; crucial |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 大好き | だいすき daisuki | liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring |
| 拡大 | かくだい kakudai | expansion; extension |
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