大“large” Kanjiōkii / dai
How to write 大
Meaning and readings
Meaning
large, big
Onyomi (音読み)
- だい dai
- たい tai
Chinese reading
Kunyomi (訓読み)
- おお（きい） ō(kii)
Japanese reading
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Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.
大きくなったらパイロットになりたいです。
I want to be a pilot when I grow up.
大きく (おおきく)
大きなダムができるそうだ。
They say that a huge dam will be built.
大きな (おおきな)
大中小ありますがどれにしますか。
We have large, medium, and small. What size do you want?
大 (だい)
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