| 大 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| 大 (U+5927) "big, very" | ||||
| Pronunciations | ||||
| Pinyin: | dà | |||
| Bopomofo: | ㄉㄚˋ | |||
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | dah | |||
| Wade–Giles: | ta4 | |||
| Cantonese Yale: | daaih | |||
| Jyutping: | daai6 | |||
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | tāi | |||
| JapaneseKana: | ダイ dai / タイ tai (on'yomi) おお ō / おお-きい ō-kii (kun'yomi) | |||
| Sino-Korean: | 대 dae | |||
| Hán-Việt: | Đại | |||
| Names | ||||
| Chinese name(s): | (Top) 大字頭/大字头 dàzìtóu | |||
| Japanese name(s): | 大/だい dai (Top) 大頭/だいがしら daigashira (Top) 大冠/だいかんむり daikanmuri | |||
| Hangul: | 클 keul | |||
| Stroke order animation | ||||
Radical 37 orradical big (大部) meaning "big", "great", or "very" is one of the 31Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of threestrokes.
In theKangxi Dictionary, there are 132 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under thisradical.
大 is also the 33rd indexing component in theTable of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted bySimplified Chinese dictionaries published inmainland China.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 大夨 |
| +1 | 天太夫夬夭 |
| +2 | 央夯夰失夲夳头SC (=頭->頁) |
| +3 | 夵夶 (=比->比)夷夸 (also SC form of誇->言)夹SC (=夾)夺SC (=奪)夻夼 |
| +4 | 夽夾夿奀奁SC (=奩)奂SC (=奐) |
| +5 | 奃奄奅奆奇奈奉奋SC (=奮)奌 (=點->黑)奍奔 |
| +6 | 奎奏奐契奒奓奕奖SC (=獎->犬) |
| +7 | 奊套奘奙奚 |
| +8 | 奛奜奝奞奟 |
| +9 | 奠奡奢奣奤奥SC/JP (=奧) |
| +10 | 奦奧奨JP (=獎->犬) |
| +11 | 奩奪奫奬 (=獎->犬) |
| +12 | 奭 |
| +13 | 奮奯 |
| +15 | 奰 |
| +19 | 奱 |
| +21 | 奲 |
The radical is also used as an independentChinese character. It is one of theKyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school inJapan.[1] It is a first grade kanji.[1]