Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 3
大 big
- Meaning
- big
- On reading
- ダイ・タイ
- Kun reading
- おお(きい)
Memory hook
A person with their arms and legs thrown wide, saying it was THIS big. ダイ or タイ in compounds, おお(きい) on its own.
Words that use 大
大きい
おおきい
big
大学
だいがく
university
How to write 大
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. The horizontal across the middle.
- 2. The sweep down to the left.
- 3. The diagonal down to the right.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
大 is taught on day 11 of the kanji course, alongside 上 下 小, with two writing passes and a short quiz.