大 (dà) · big

大 (dà) means “big”. It is made of 一 + 人 and has 3 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 大 into its parts

What 大 is made of

• 一 — horizontal stroke
• 人 rén — person

Origin hint: A man 人 with outstretched arms (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

大 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 大

• 不大bùdànot very
• 大学dàxuéuniversity
• 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
• 大部分dàbùfenmost
• 大大dàdàgreatly
• 大多数dàduōshùthe majority
• 大海dàhǎisea
• 大家dàjiāeveryone
• 大量dàliànga large amount
• 大门dàménmain gate
• 大人dàrenadult
• 大声dàshēngloudly
• 大小dàxiǎosize
• 大衣dàyīovercoat
• 大自然dàzìránnature (the natural world)
• 长大zhǎngdàto grow up
• 大概dàgàiprobably
• 大使馆dàshǐguǎnembassy
• 大约dàyuēabout
• 大夫dàifudoctor
• 广大guǎngdàvast
• 强大qiángdàstrong
• 伟大wěidàgreat
• 重大zhòngdàmajor
• 大巴dàbācoach
• 大多dàduōmostly
• 大方dàfanggenerous
• 大哥dàgēeldest brother
• 大规模dàguīmólarge-scale
• 大会dàhuìgeneral meeting
• 大姐dàjiěeldest sister
• 大楼dàlóubuilding
• 大陆dàlùcontinent
• 大妈dàmāauntie (for an older woman)
• 大型dàxínglarge
• 大爷dàyeuncle (for an older man)
• 大众dàzhòngthe public
• 巨大jùdàhuge
• 扩大kuòdàto expand
• 大厦dàshàmansion
• 大象dàxiàngelephant
• 博大精深bódàjīngshēnbroad and profound
• 大不了dàbuliǎoat worst
• 大臣dàchénminister (of a monarchy)
• 大伙儿dàhuǒreveryone
• 大肆dàsìwantonly
• 大体dàtǐon the whole
• 大意dàyìmain idea
• 大致dàzhìroughly
• 放大fàngdàto enlarge
• 恍然大悟huǎngrándàwùto suddenly realize
• 庞大pángdàhuge
• 大熊猫dàxióngmāogiant panda
• 大赛dàsàibig competition
• 大厅dàtīnghall

Also built with 一

• 七qīseven
• 万wànten thousand
• 丈zhànggentleman
• 三sānthree
• 上shàngon
• 下xiàdown
• 不bùnot
• 与yǔand
• 专zhuānconcentrated
• 且qiěmoreover
• 丘qiūmound
• 丙bǐngthird

Quick facts

Questions about 大