Kanji

大

Meaning

large and big

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • おお て major company
  • おお はば big
  • おお で full length of one's arm (from shoulder to fingertip)
  • おおきい
  • おおいに

On'yomi

  • だい がく university
  • かく だい expansion
  • さい だい biggest
  • たい かい mass meeting
  • たい こく large country
  • たい し ambassador

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/3

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Component Analysis

大
large, big
おお-, おお.きい, ダイ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
人
person
ひと, -り, ジン

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