大 — big, large, great

おおきい大 big

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes size

U+5927 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #7 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #107 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #37

Meanings

big
large
great

word

おお oo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

大(おお) きい ookii big 大(おお) きな ookina big 大(おお) 手(て) oote major company 大(おお) いに ooini greatly 大(おお) げさ oogesa exaggerated 大(おお) まか oomaka rough 大(おお) いなる ooinaru great 大(おお) 森(もり) oomori Omori

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

大(だい) dai big 大(だい) 学(がく) daigaku university 大(だい) 学(がく) 生(せい) daigakusei university student 大(たい) 気(き) taiki atmosphere 大(たい) した taishita considerable 大(たい) 正(しょう) taishou Taisho era 大(だい) 人(にん) 気(き) daininki very popular 一(いち) 大(だい) ichidai great

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

大人(おとな) otona adult 大和(やまと) yamato Yamato

おと oto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

大(おと) 人(な) しい otonashii gentle

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Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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大 — big, large, great

Meanings

word

おお oo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

おと oto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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大 — big, large, great

Meanings

word

おお oo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

たい ・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

おと oto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (24)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

たい・だい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).