Kanji

What does the kanji 大 mean?

大 means big, large. On'yomi ダイ、タイ. Kun'yomi おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに.

Quick facts
On'yomiダイ、タイ
Kun'yomiおお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
Strokes3
Main radical大
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
On'yomi ダイ、タイKun'yomi おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに
N5 · estimated, JLPT framework3 strokes

big, large

Memory hook

A person standing with arms and legs stretched as wide as they go — BIG.

Main radical

大big 3 strokes

Stroke order · 3 strokes

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Common words

More words with this kanji

  • 大人おとなadult
  • 大切たいせつimportant
  • 大変たいへんvery, terribly; hard, tough
  • 大丈夫だいじょうぶfine, okay, safe
  • 大好きだいすきto like a lot, to love
  • 大事だいじimportant, precious; a serious matter
  • 大体だいたいroughly, approximately; generally
  • 大分だいぶquite a lot, considerably
  • 大抵たいていusually, generally, mostly
  • 大学生だいがくせいuniversity student
  • 大だいbig, great
  • 偉大いだいgreat, grand
  • 大会たいかいconvention, tournament
  • 大使たいしambassador
  • 大半たいはんthe majority
  • 大家おおやlandlord
  • 大戦たいせんgreat war
  • 大気たいきatmosphere, air
  • 大臣だいじんminister (government)
  • 大陸たいりくcontinent
  • 巨大きょだいhuge, giant
  • 拡大かくだいexpansion, enlargement
  • 莫大ばくだいenormous, immense
  • 重大じゅうだいserious, grave, important

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Data sources and licences

English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

N5–N1 levels on this page are estimates based on the JLPT framework, drawn from community benchmarks. GoMe Nihongo is not affiliated with the Japan Foundation or JEES, which administer the JLPT.