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大 おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに large, big 5 7 3 37 だい・おおきい 象形 Pictographic A person stretching their arms and legs to look large and scare a bear away.

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ダイ、タイ 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 大分(だいぶ): considerably; greatly; a lot拡大(かくだい): magnification; enlargement; expansion大会(たいかい): convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally大学(だいがく): (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. (2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) (3) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books大統領(だいとうりょう): president; chief executive大幅(おおはば): (1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)大使(たいし): ambassador大切(たいせつ): important; valuable; worthy of care大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster重大(じゅうだい): serious; important; significant; grave; weighty大使館(たいしかん): embassy大臣(だいじん): cabinet minister大人(おとな): adult大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally巨大(きょだい): huge; gigantic; enormous大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school大勢(おおぜい): many; crowd; great number of people大戦(たいせん): great war; great battle大気(たいき): atmosphere大衆(たいしゅう): general public; the masses大陸(たいりく): continent短大(たんだい): junior college大いに(おおいに): very; much; greatly; a lot of大丈夫(だいじょうぶ): safe; all right; OK; okay大胆(だいたん): bold; daring; audacious膨大(ぼうだい): huge; bulky; enormous; extensive; swelling; expansion大工(だいく): carpenter大きい(おおきい): big; large; great; loud増大(ぞうだい): enlargement; increase大好き(だいすき): loveable; very likeable; like very much大事(だいじ): important; valuable; serious matter大部分(だいぶぶん): most part; greater part; majority偉大(いだい): greatness総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority大体(だいたい): general; substantially; outline; main point; approximately; about大金(たいきん): large amount of money; great cost盛大(せいだい): grand; prosperous; magnificent大家(たいか): expert大げさ(おおげさ): grandiose; exaggerated大通り(おおどおり): main street大抵(たいてい): (1) mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally (2) probably (3) most; almost all (4) (before a neg. form) ordinary (5) proper; appropriate; moderate大きな(おおきな): big; large; great大筋(おおすじ): outline; summary壮大(そうだい): magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid大木(たいぼく): large tree大ざっぱ(おおざっぱ): rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy大空(おおぞら): heavens; firmament; sky大水(おおみず): flood大屋(おおや): landlord; landladyお大事に(おだいじに): take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you大した(たいした): considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal大して(たいして): (not so) much; (not) very大概(たいがい): (1) in general; almost all (2) mainly; mostly; most likely (3) moderately; suitably大学生(だいがくせい): university student; college student大人しい(おとなしい): obedient; docile; quiet大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine大便(だいべん): feces; excrement; shit莫大(ばくだい): enormous; vast大部(たいぶ): (1) lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous (2) most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much大柄(おおがら): (1) large build (2) large pattern大よそ(おおよそ): about; roughly; as a rule; approximately大(おお): big; large大(だい): (1) the large part of (2) big; large; great (3) approximate size; no larger than (4) -university (5) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting) 1 大: big, big radical (no. 37) 大 3 (none) large Think of a large St. Bernard dog with his paws all stretched out.

Kanji	大
Onyomi	ダイ、タイ
Kunyomi	おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
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
English	large, big
Examples	大分(だいぶ): considerably; greatly; a lot 拡大(かくだい): magnification; enlargement; expansion 大会(たいかい): convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally 大学(だいがく): (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc. (2) former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) (3) the Great Learning - one of the Four Books 大統領(だいとうりょう): president; chief executive 大幅(おおはば): (1) big; large; drastic; substantial (2) full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing) 大使(たいし): ambassador 大切(たいせつ): important; valuable; worthy of care 大変(たいへん): (1) very; greatly (2) immense; enormous; great (3) serious; grave; dreadful; terrible (4) difficult; hard (5) major incident; disaster 重大(じゅうだい): serious; important; significant; grave; weighty 大使館(たいしかん): embassy 大臣(だいじん): cabinet minister 大人(おとな): adult 大半(たいはん): majority; mostly; generally 巨大(きょだい): huge; gigantic; enormous 大学院(だいがくいん): graduate school 大勢(おおぜい): many; crowd; great number of people 大戦(たいせん): great war; great battle 大気(たいき): atmosphere 大衆(たいしゅう): general public; the masses 大陸(たいりく): continent 短大(たんだい): junior college 大いに(おおいに): very; much; greatly; a lot of 大丈夫(だいじょうぶ): safe; all right; OK; okay 大胆(だいたん): bold; daring; audacious 膨大(ぼうだい): huge; bulky; enormous; extensive; swelling; expansion 大工(だいく): carpenter 大きい(おおきい): big; large; great; loud 増大(ぞうだい): enlargement; increase 大好き(だいすき): loveable; very likeable; like very much 大事(だいじ): important; valuable; serious matter 大部分(だいぶぶん): most part; greater part; majority 偉大(いだい): greatness 総理大臣(そうりだいじん): Prime Minister 大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months 大方(おおかた): perhaps; almost all; majority 大体(だいたい): general; substantially; outline; main point; approximately; about 大金(たいきん): large amount of money; great cost 盛大(せいだい): grand; prosperous; magnificent 大家(たいか): expert 大げさ(おおげさ): grandiose; exaggerated 大通り(おおどおり): main street 大抵(たいてい): (1) mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally (2) probably (3) most; almost all (4) (before a neg. form) ordinary (5) proper; appropriate; moderate 大きな(おおきな): big; large; great 大筋(おおすじ): outline; summary 壮大(そうだい): magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid 大木(たいぼく): large tree 大ざっぱ(おおざっぱ): rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy 大空(おおぞら): heavens; firmament; sky 大水(おおみず): flood 大屋(おおや): landlord; landlady お大事に(おだいじに): take care of yourself; get well soon; God bless you; bless you 大した(たいした): considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal 大して(たいして): (not so) much; (not) very 大概(たいがい): (1) in general; almost all (2) mainly; mostly; most likely (3) moderately; suitably 大学生(だいがくせい): university student; college student 大人しい(おとなしい): obedient; docile; quiet 大層(たいそう): very much; exaggerated; very fine 大便(だいべん): feces; excrement; shit 莫大(ばくだい): enormous; vast 大部(たいぶ): (1) lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous (2) most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly; a good deal; much 大柄(おおがら): (1) large build (2) large pattern 大よそ(おおよそ): about; roughly; as a rule; approximately 大(おお): big; large 大(だい): (1) the large part of (2) big; large; great (3) approximate size; no larger than (4) -university (5) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	7
Components	大: big, big radical (no. 37)
Number of Strokes	3
Kanji Radical	大
Radical Number	37
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	だい・おおきい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	large
Koohii Story 1	A person stretching their arms and legs to look large and scare a bear away.
Koohii Story 2	Think of a large St. Bernard dog with his paws all stretched out.

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