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Kanji Information Sheet for 大  ( PDF version of this Kanji PDF version )

stroke order illustration  
English:
large
big
On-Yomi:
ダイ
タイ
Kun-Yomi:
おお-
おお.きい
-おお.いに
うふ

おう

たかし
とも
はじめ
ひろ
ひろし
まさ
まさる
もと
Bushu (Radical) Info: 大 (だい) – big
Henshall Mnemonic: person looking big as possible
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #7 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

  •   [だいじょうぶ]
    (adj-na,adv,n) safe; all right; O.K.   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいがく]
    (n) university   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [おとな]
    (n) adult   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [おおぜい]
    (n) many; crowd; great number of people   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいせつ]
    (adj-na,n) important; valuable; worthy of care   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • き   [だいすき]
    (adj-na,n) very likeable; like very much   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使   [たいしかん]
    (n) embassy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • きい   [おおきい]
    (adj) big; large; great   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいへん]
    (adj-na,adv,n) awful; dreadful; terrible; very   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

  •   [だいがくせい]
    (n) college student   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいたい]
    (n-adv,n-t) general; substantially; outline; main point   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいてい]
    (adj-na,adv,n) usually; generally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいじ]
    (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいぶ]
    (adv) considerably; greatly; a lot   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

  •   [じゅうだい]
    (adj-na,n) serious; important; grave; weighty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいかい]
    (n) convention; tournament; mass meeting; rally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいじん]
    (n) cabinet minister   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいりく]
    (n) continent   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ばくだい]
    (adj-na,n) enormous; vast   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいき]
    (n) atmosphere   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [たいせん]
    (n) great war; great battle   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [きょだい]
    (adj-na,n) huge; gigantic; enormous   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいとうりょう]
    (n) president; chief executive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [いだい]
    (adj-na,n) greatness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [かくだい]
    (n,vs) magnification; enlargement   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

    JLPT N1 Words

      Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

      •   [だいうちゅう]
        (n) the universe   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [おおあめ]
        (n) heavy rain   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [だいえい]
        Daiei Motion Picture Company   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいほう]
        (n) gun; cannon; artillery   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいしゅうぶんがく]
        popular literature   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [おおや]
        (n) landlord; landlady   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいま]
        (n) (1) hemp; cannabis; (2) Shinto paper offerings   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいしょう]
        (n) great victory; crushing victory   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [だいみょう]
        (n) Japanese feudal lord   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      • い   [おおあきない]
        (n) heavy turnover (trading)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいしょう]
        (n) general; admiral; boss   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [だいかぞく]
        (n) extended family   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [おおかわ]
        (n) river; stream   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいが]
        (n) river; stream   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      • い   [おおわらい]
        (adj-na,n) great laughter; burst of laughter   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [しゅうたいせい]
        (n,vs) compilation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいか]
        (n) large fire   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいしょう]
        (n) big prize; first prize   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [そだい]
        (adj-na,n) coarse or rough   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [おおの]
        (n) large field   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [かだい]
        (adj-na,n) excessive; too much; unreasonable   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいやく]
        (n) important task or role or duty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [だいかいてん]
        (n) the giant slalom   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [おおみそか]
        (n-t) New Year's Eve   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      •   [たいかい]
        (n) (1) ocean; large sea   [K] [D] [Jisho]
      Find more details for at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

      Acknowledgments

      The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

      NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

      The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

      Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

      The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

      If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.