大 (dà, dài) — Chinese Character

大

dà, dài

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Radical: 大 HSK 1 a, d, n, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

大 decomposes into the following components:

一人

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 大.

不大

bù dà

not very

业大

yè dà

part-time college (abbr. for 業余大學|业余大学)

东大

dōng dà

交大

jiāo dà

Jiaotong University

人大

rén dà

(Chinese) National People's Congress

伟大

wěi dà

great

偌大

ruò dà

so big

做大

zuò dà

arrogant

光大

guāng dà

splendid

养大

yǎng dà

函大

hán dà

abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学[han2 shou4 da4 xue2], open university

加大

jiā dà

to increase (e.g. one's effort)

Characters that share the radical 大.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.