大 dà

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

HSK 13 strokes

Stroke order animation

大 · 3 strokes

3 strokes

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Ideograph⿻一人

A man 人 with outstretched arms

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

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dà jiāeveryone

dà xuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书…

dà xué shēnguniversity student; college student

dà gàiroughly

dà renadult

dà xiǎolarge and small

dà yīovercoat

dà xióng māogiant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

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