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大 kanji
large, big
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ダイタイ
Kun readings
おお-おおきい-おおいに
Words with 大
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —七大寺the seven great temples of Nara (Daian-ji, Gango-ji, Horyu-ji, Kofuku-ji, Saidai-ji, Todai-ji, Yakushi-ji)
- —大胞子macrospore; megaspore
- —葉書大postcard size
- —大連立grand coalition; grand alliance
- —大嘗会banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly enthroned emperor
- —四大節the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948)
- —大の月long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- —大師堂hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)
- —大なりgreater than; greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
- —最大数maximum number; maximum; limit
- —大改訂major revision
- —大記憶mass storage
- —大容量high-capacity; high-volume
- —大分類broad category
- —宮大工carpenter specializing in temple, shrine, etc. construction
- —大学者great scholar; savant; polymath
- —大卒者university graduate
- —大王松longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
- —貴大学esteemed university; honorable university
- —最大量maximum (e.g. dose); greatest amount; largest amount