Hanja
大
Information
Level:	8
Strokes:	3
Radical:	大
Reading:	대
Meaning:	큰
English meaning:	large, great
Japanese reading:	大　ダイ；タイ；おお；おお（きい） dai, oo
Chinese reading:	大　ⓜ dà ⓒ daai6
Stroke Order

大: 큰 대 (keun dae) -- large, great.

• 大 (대) big
• 大部分 (대부분) a major portion, large part
• 偉大 (위대) greatness
• 一大 (일대) great, large
• 最大 (최대) the greatest, largest
• 最大限 (최대한) the maximum
• 重大 (중대) importance, gravity
• 世宗大王 (세종대왕) King Sejong
• 大衆 (대중) the masses
• 大衆交通 (대중교통) mass transportation
• 大衆文化 (대중문화) pop culture
• 大體 (대체) an outline, summary
• 大統領 (대통령) the president
• 大學 (대학) a two-year college
• 大學校 (대학교) university
• 大學院 (대학원) a graduate school
• 大學生 (대학생) a university student
• 女大生 (여대생) a female college student
• 大學敎授 (대학교수) a university professor
• 大形/大型 (대형) large, full-sized
• 大會 (대회) a mass meeting
• 都大體 (도대체) in the world, on earth
• 大綱 (대강) an outline; generally
• 大槪 (대개) mostly, for the most part
• 大規模 (대규모) large scale
• 大氣 (대기) the atmosphere
• 大企業 (대기업) a large enterprise
• 大多數 (대다수) a large majority
• 大都市 (대도시) a large city
• 大略 (대략) a strategy
• 大量 (대량) a large quantity
• 大陸 (대륙) a continent
• 大門 (대문) a big gate
• 大部分 (대부분) most of
• 大使 (대사 an ambassador
• 大使館 (대사관) an embassy
• 巨大 (거대하다) to be huge
• 擴大 (확대) magnification, enlargement

• 大韓民國 (대한민국) the Republic of Korea
• 大邱 (대구) the city of Daegu
• 大田 (대전) the city of Daejon
• 南大門 (남대문) Namdaemun, Seoul
• 南大門市場 (남대문시장) Namdaemun Market, Seoul

Counterparts: 小, 細

See also: 宏, 巨, 偉