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大

大 — dae, tae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
큰 대, 클 태
Romanization
dae, tae
English
big, great, vast, large, high
Mandarin
dà
Japanese on'yomi
ダイ, タイ, タ, ダ
Japanese kun'yomi
おお- おお.きい -おお.いに
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#7 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
大 (37, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+5927

Korean example words with 大

  • 대검大劍 Korean gloss: 큰 칼
  • 대계大計 Korean gloss: 큰 계획
  • 대공大孔 Korean gloss: 큰 구멍
  • 대금大金 Korean gloss: 많은 돈
  • 대담大談 Korean gloss: 큰 장담
  • 대도大盜 Korean gloss: 큰 도둑
  • 대리大利 Korean gloss: 큰 이익
  • 대망大望 Korean gloss: 큰 희망
  • 대백大白 Korean gloss: 큰 술잔
  • 대부大富 Korean gloss: 큰 부자
  • 대욕大欲 Korean gloss: 큰 욕심
  • 대욕大辱 Korean gloss: 큰 치욕

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 大

  • 拡大かくだい expansion; extension; magnification
  • 最大さいだい biggest; greatest; largest
  • 大会たいかい mass meeting; convention; rally
  • 大学だいがく university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
  • 大手おおて major company; big company; front castle gate
  • 大幅おおはば big; large; drastic
  • 大蔵省おおくらしょう Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 大統領だいとうりょう president (of a country); big man; boss
  • 大国たいこく large country; major nation; great power
  • 大使たいし ambassador
  • 大切たいせつ important; significant; serious
  • 大変たいへん very; greatly; terribly

Other hanja read “대”

Other hanja with radical 大

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