Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: large, big

Kunyomi: おお- おお.きい -おお.いに

Onyomi: ダイ タイ

Radical

Radical:

Reading: だい

Meaning: big, very

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

学(だいがく)   university

学院(だいがくいん)   graduate school

体(だいたい)   in general, mostly

事に(おだいじに)   take care (to a sick person)

丈夫(だいじょうぶ)   safe, all right

分(だいぶ)   considerably

変な(たいへんな)   terrible, very

した(たいした)   significant

きい(おおきい)   big

阪(おおさか)   Osaka

Onyomi Examples

ダイ large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)

タイイ captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

コクダイ national university

電通 デンツウダイ University of Electro-Communications

タイ nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

タイイ captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

負荷増 フカゾウタイ load increase

オンタイ boss, governor, headman

Kunyomi Examples

きい おおきい big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up