大
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big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3 U+5927
How 大 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A man 人 with outstretched arms
How to remember it
large · Heisig RSH #113
— as a component also called: large dog, St. Bernard dog
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 大 as their sound component
These characters all use 大 (dà) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大 sound component | dà | big, great, vast, high, deep |
| 达 | dá | to reach, to arrive at; intelligent |
| 驮 | tuó | to carry on one's back |
| 耷 | dā | drooping ears |
| 羍 | dá | little lamb |
Words containing 大
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 大大 | dà dà | greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle |
| 人大 | Rén dà | Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2]) |
| 人大 | rén dà | people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of vari… |
| 大人 | dà ren | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors |
| 大一 | dà yī | first year of university |
| 国大 | Guó Dà | abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various per… |
| 大国 | dà guó | a power (i.e. a dominant country) |
| 大山 | Dà shān | Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV person… |
| 大水 | dà shuǐ | flood |
| 中国人大 | Zhōng guó rén dà | China National People's Congress |
| 大头 | dà tóu | big head; mask in the shape of a big head; the larger end of sth; the main part; the lion'… |
| 头大 | tóu dà | to have a big head; (fig.) to get a headache; one's head is swimming |
| 大学 | Dà xué | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism |
| 大学 | dà xué | university; college; CL:所[suo3] |
| 大心 | dà xīn | (Tw) considerate; thoughtful (from Taiwanese 貼心, Tai-lo pr. [tah-sim]) |
| 大生 | dà shēng | (Tw) university student (abbr. for 大學生|大学生[da4 xue2 sheng1]) |
| 中山大学 | Zhōng shān Dà xué | Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung); Sun Yat-sen Univer… |
| 大地 | dà dì | earth; mother earth |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student; college student |