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N5 Kanji 83: 大
Meaning of kanji 大:
In Japanese, 大 means “big”.
How to read kanji 大:
| Kunyomi | おお |
| Onyomi | だい、たい |
How to write kanji 大:
Origin of kanji 大:
In ancient China, people think that human is the intelligent part of the universe, so we use the human to stand for “big” to express the importance of human being.
Development of kanji 大:
Vocabulary containing kanji 大:
| Level | Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 大きい | おおきい | big |
| Basic | 大学 | だいがく | university |
| Basic | 大変 | たいへん | very |
| Basic | 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ | all right |
| Basic | 大人 | おとな | adult |
| Basic | 大き | おおき | large |
| Basic | 大切 | たいせつ | important |
| Basic | 大好き | だいすき | love |
| Basic | 大勢 | おおぜい | many |
| Basic | 大事 | だいじ | important |
| Basic | 大体 | だいたい | roughly |
| Basic | 大抵 | たいてい | usually |
| Inter | 最大 | さいだい | maximum |
| Inter | 大臣 | だいじん | minister |
| Inter | 大量 | たいりょう | large amount |
| Inter | 拡大 | かくだい | expansion |
| Inter | 巨大 | きょだい | huge |
| Inter | 大統領 | だいとうりょう | president |
| Inter | 大型 | おおがた | large |
| Inter | 大戦 | たいせん | war |
| Inter | 大陸 | たいりく | continent |
| Inter | 大衆 | たいしゅう | masses |
| Inter | 重大 | じゅうだい | serious |
| Inter | 大半 | たいはん | most |
| Inter | 大会 | たいかい | tournament |
| Inter | 大手 | おおて | major |
| Inter | 大声 | おおごえ | loud voice |
| Inter | 東大 | とうだい | University of Tokyo |
| Inter | 大人しい | おとなしい | quiet |
| Inter | 増大 | ぞうだい | increase |
| Inter | 大幅 | おおはば | significant |
| Inter | 偉大 | いだい | great |
| Inter | 大使 | たいし | ambassador |
| Inter | 大地 | だいち | earth |
| Inter | 膨大 | ぼうだい | enormous |
| Inter | 広大 | こうだい | vast |
| Inter | 大胆 | だいたん | bold |
| Inter | 大根 | だいこん | radish |
| Inter | 大袈裟 | おおげさ | exaggerated |
| Adv | 大工 | だいく | carpenter |
| Adv | 大騒ぎ | おおさわぎ | fuss |
| Adv | 莫大 | ばくだい | enormous |
| Adv | 大豆 | だいず | soy |
| Adv | 大物 | おおもの | important person |
| Adv | 壮大 | そうだい | magnificent |
| Adv | 多大 | ただい | a great deal |
| Adv | 大気 | たいき | atmosphere |
| Adv | 大まか | おおまか | rough |
| Adv | 大金 | たいきん | a lot of money |
| Adv | 大雑把 | おおざっぱ | roughly |
| Adv | 強大 | きょうだい | mighty |
| Adv | 大嫌い | だいきらい | hate |
| Adv | 過大 | かだい | excessive |
| Adv | 大別 | たいべつ | classify roughly |
| Adv | 大通り | おおどおり | main street |
| Adv | 大差 | たいさ | great difference |
| Adv | 大喜び | おおよろこび | great joy |
| Adv | 盛大 | せいだい | grand |
| Adv | 肥大 | ひだい | hypertrophy |
| Adv | 大晦日 | おおみそか | new year's eve |
| H_Adv | 大らか | おおらか | easygoing |
| H_Adv | 大笑い | おおわらい | laughter |
| H_Adv | 短大 | たんだい | junior college |
| H_Adv | 集大成 | しゅうたいせい | compilation |
| S_Adv | 大敗 | たいはい | big defeat |
| S_Adv | 大卒 | だいそつ | university graduate |
| S_Adv | 大っぴら | おおっぴら | openly |
| S_Adv | 大違い | おおちがい | great difference |
| S_Adv | 大当たり | おおあたり | big win |
| S_Adv | 大儲け | おおもうけ | big profit |
| S_Adv | 大敵 | たいてき | great enemy |
| S_Adv | 大賞 | たいしょう | grand prize |
| S_Adv | 特大 | とくだい | oversized |
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In ancient China, people think that human is the intelligent part of the universe, so we use the human to stand for “big” to express the importance of human being.
That some interesting fact. ありがとうね！