Kanji 大 — "Big"
Here is what 大 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Big" stick.
How it is read
だい, たい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
No surprises here — Big as a kanji is the same as its component!
- 大 Big
A person spreading their arms and legs wide, saying that what's in front of them is wow, so Big!
Words that use 大
12 of 71 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 大丈夫 だいじょうぶ all right
- 大事 だいじ important, valuable, serious matter
- 大変 たいへん very, difficult
- 大 だい big, great
- 大切 たいせつ important
- 大学 だいがく university
- 大きい おおきい big, large
- 大きな おおきな big
- 大人 おとな adult
- 大好き だいすき love very much
- 大量 たいりょう large quantity, great volume, massive amount
- 最大 さいだい biggest, largest, maximum
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