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The kanji 大: meaning, readings and stroke order

大

Meaning
big
On reading
ダイ dai、タイ tai
Kun reading
おお oo、おお(きい) ookii、おお(いに) ooini
Strokes
3
Radical
大 big, very
Level
Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Stroke order of 大, 3 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
to, lớn (đại)
Japanese
おおきい。
Korean
크다 (대)
Chinese
大

Readings, words and example sentences

ダイ dai · on reading

タイ tai · on reading

おお oo · kun reading

おお(きい) ookii · kun reading

おお(いに) ooini · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 大 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 大 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.