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大 = 一 + 人
大 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “large”. It is built from 一 (one) and 人 (person). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 112. It appears as a component in 42 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- large
- RTK frame
- 112
- Strokes
- 3
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ダイ, タイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おお-, おお.きい, -おお.いに
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- st. bernard, большой, big
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 大 big
Decomposition
Alternative decomposition
Characters that contain 大
- 太 plump
- 臭 stinking
- 奇 strange
- 犬 dog
- 天 heavens
- 美 beauty
- 奮 stirred up
- 奪 rob
- 因 cause
- 奨 exhort
- 夫 husband
- 衡 equilibrium
- 奥 core
- 類 sort
- 喚 yell
- 換 interchange
- 戻 re-
- 奈 nara
- 奔 bustle
- 矢 dart
- 誇 boast
- 突 stab
- 爽 bracing
- 契 pledge
- 遷 transition
- 参 visit
- 央 center
- 映 reflect
- 奄 encompassing
- 莫 shalt
- 鄭 courtesy
- 袴 pleated skirt
- 纂 redaction
- 跨 straddle
- 秦 manchu dynasty
- 夷 ebisu
- 套 hackneyed
- 尖 sharp point
- 奎 andromeda
- 夬 guillotine
…and 2 more. See them all in the interactive search.
How to find 大 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “one” + “person”. 大 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 大 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.