大 (big, large) - Kanji Codex

大

big, large

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タイダイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-おお.いにおお-おお.きい

Nanori (名乗り)

うふおおうたたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもとわ

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:3

JLPT:5

Frequency:7

Vocabulary

タイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
世界大戦	セカイタイセン	world war
大平洋	タイヘイヨウ	Pacific Ocean
大尉	タイイ	captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
大雨	タイウ	heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
大家	タイカ	master; expert; authority; leading figure; mansion; large house; rich family; distinguished family

ダイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
偉大	イダイ	great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
医大	イダイ	medical university; medical college; medical school
一大	イチダイ	one large ...; a great ...
過大	カダイ	excessive; too much; unreasonable
拡大	カクダイ	expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
大々的	だいだいてき	great; grand; extensive; large-scale
大いに	おおいに	very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly; a great deal; a lot; to one's heart's content
大きな	おおきな	big; large; great
大きさ	おおきさ	size; dimensions; volume
大雑把	おおざっぱ	rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; sweeping; loose; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

Mr., Ms., all (one has), height, length, measure, merely, only, stature, ten shaku, that's all

Grade 8JLPT N/A

big around, plump, thick

art, decoration, figures, literary radical (no. 67), literature, plan, sentence, style

heavens, imperial, sky