大

3 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

large, big

Kun'yomi
  • おお-
  • おおきい
    big, large, great
  • -おおいに
On'yomi
  • ダイ
    large, big, great
  • タイ
    nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
Nanori
  • うふ
  • お
  • おう
  • た
  • たかし
  • とも
  • はじめ
  • ひろ
  • ひろし
  • まさ
  • まさる
  • もと
  • わ

Main Radical

大(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ダイタイ
79.9%
おお-おおきい-おおいに
20.1%

Character Breakdown

large, big
ダイ　おお-　うふ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ニン　ひと　ジン (1st, N5)

Contained In

䙲 参 器 因 天 太 夫 夬 夭 央 夲 夷 夸 夹 夾 奄 奇 奈 奎 奐 契 奔 奕 套 奘 奚 奞 奠 奢 奥 奧 奨 奩 奬 尖 戻 旲 樊 爨 爽 犬 畚 矢 秦 突 类 美 臭 舂 莽 蠎 陝 鷯 𡗜 𩵋

Common Words

たい
大
せつ
切
important, necessary, indispensable
だい
大
す
好
　
き
loveable, very likeable, like very much
だい
大
じ
事
important, serious, crucial
おお
大
large, big, great, major, important, serious, heavy, loud
だい
大
じょう
丈
ぶ
夫
safe, secure, sound, problem-free, without fear, all right, alright, OK, okay
おお
大
　
き
　
な
big, large, great
だい
大
ち
地
ground, earth, the solid earth, the (vast) land
だい
大
たん
胆
bold, daring, audacious
さい
最
だい
大
biggest, greatest, largest, maximum
たい
大
へん
変
very, greatly, terribly, awfully
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 5927
JIS X 0208 1-34-71
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1171
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Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 108
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a3.18
Four corner code 4003.0
De Roo Code 1463