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

业大

yè dà

东大

dōng dà

交大

jiāo dà

人大

rén dà

伟大

wěi dà

偌大

ruò dà

做大

zuò dà

光大

guāng dà

养大

yǎng dà

函大

hán dà

加大

jiā dà

Characters that share the radical 大.

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