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大

dà, dài

big

Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect.

Evolution

大 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
大 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
大 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
大 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
大 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

大  

dà

big, great, vast, large, high; big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother

大  

dài

see 大夫[dài​fu]

Most common words with 大
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大

big

大家

everyone

大学

university

大概

roughly

伟大

huge

Component uses

Meaning component in 22 characters (5 verified)

去 太 奇 套 𢧤 尖 奈 牵 契 夸 奎 奢 奕 奄 叁 奘 夯 奩 奁 夼 尜 奓

Sound component in 9 characters (5 verified)

太 达 夺 奪 羍 驮 馱 耷 旲

Iconic component in 22 characters (22 verified)

天 因 業 美 夫 央 亦 吳 奔 衡 赤 熊 夹 夾 鬱 爽 粦 奚 奂 耎 叕 夨

Simplified component in 4 characters (4 verified)

类 奖 奋 庆

Unknown component in 3 characters (0 verified)

爨 䙴 忕

Deleted component in 1 character (1 verified)

业

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤat-s (MC F!)

daH

dà

big

*lˤa[t]-s

dajH

dà

big


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9039% of movies

57th most common character in movies

17th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+5927

Shuowen

“大，天大、地大、人亦大，故大象人形。”


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