大 — big, large, great

おおきい大 big

U+5927 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 5 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 5 level. Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes 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

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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) 阪(さか) oosaka Osaka 大(おお) 幅(はば) oohaba large-scale 大(おお) 手(て) oote major company 大(おお) 型(がた) oogata large-sized 大(おお) いに ooini greatly 大(おお) 勢(ぜい) oozei many people 大(おお) 蔵(くら) 省(しょう) ookurashou Ministry of Finance 大(おお) 蔵(くら) ookura Okura (surname) 大(おお) 声(ごえ) oogoe loud voice 大(おお) 口(ぐち) ooguchi big mouth 大(おお) 男(おとこ) oootoko large man 大(おお) 石(いし) ooishi large stone 大(おお) 雨(あめ) ooame heavy rain

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

大(たい) 変(へん) taihen very 大(たい) 切(せつ) taisetsu important 大(たい) 会(かい) taikai tournament 大(たい) 量(りょう) tairyou large quantity 大(たい) 衆(しゅう) taishuu the masses 大(たい) 半(はん) taihan majority 大(たい) 戦(せん) taisen great war 大(たい) 陸(りく) tairiku continent 大(たい) 国(こく) taikoku great power 大(たい) 使(し) taishi ambassador 大(たい) 使(し) 館(かん) taishikan embassy 大(たい) 気(き) taiki atmosphere 大(たい) 抵(てい) taitei usually 大(たい) した taishita considerable 大(たい) 正(しょう) taishou Taisho era 大(たい) 木(ぼく) taiboku large tree

だい dai 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) 臣(じん) daijin minister (government) 大(だい) 学(がく) daigaku university 最(さい) 大(だい) saidai largest 大(だい) 事(じ) daiji important 拡(かく) 大(だい) kakudai expansion 大(だい) 統(とう) 領(りょう) daitouryou president (of a country) 大(だい) 好(す) き daisuki love 大(だい) 丈(じょう) 夫(ぶ) daijoubu all right 大(だい) 体(たい) daitai roughly 国(こく) 務(む) 大(だい) 臣(じん) kokumudaijin minister of state 巨(きょ) 大(だい) kyodai huge 大(だい) 学(がく) 院(いん) daigakuin graduate school 重(じゅう) 大(だい) juudai serious 大(だい) 学(がく) 生(せい) daigakusei university student 増(ぞう) 大(だい) zoudai increase 東(とう) 大(だい) toudai University of Tokyo 膨(ぼう) 大(だい) boudai enormous 大(だい) 分(ぶ) daibu considerably 偉(い) 大(だい) idai great 最(さい) 大(だい) 限(げん) saidaigen maximum 大(だい) 地(ち) daichi earth 東(とう) 京(きょう) 大(だい) 学(がく) toukyoudaigaku University of Tokyo 大(だい) 都(と) 市(し) daitoshi large city 大(だい) 胆(たん) daitan bold 大(だい) 小(しょう) daishou sizes

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

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

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

だい dai 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.

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.

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