大

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/大

Glyph origin

 * a person with arms stretched out as far as possible, implying the meaning of big/great/large.

Compare with, which is a man with bent legs.

Compare also, which is a man with arms outstretched and a crest or tattoo on his chest, and to , which is a man with arms outstretched and leaning to side (running).

Etymology
Cognate with,. also lists as a cognate, which  suggests is cognate with  instead. There are no unambiguous Tibeto-Burman cognates. Proto-Tibeto-Burman, from which came Written Tibetan , 🇨🇬, Mikir tʰè, ketʰè (“big, large, great”), 🇨🇬, is often compared with. There is no final –s in the Tibeto-Burman words, but a –y, which, according to James Matisoff, “indicates emergent quality in stative verbs”. Also compare Chinese,.

Definitions

 * 1) of great size; big; large; huge
 * 2) big; great
 * 3) great of its kind
 * 4) in an extreme manner; greatly
 * 5) main; major
 * 6) well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
 * 7) mature; grown up
 * 8)  greater
 * 9)  to grow up
 * 10)  to be older than
 * 11)  father
 * 12)  father's elder or younger brother
 * 13)  to intimidate; to threaten
 * 14)  only so big
 * 15)  number two
 * 16) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1) main; major
 * 2) well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations)
 * 3) mature; grown up
 * 4)  greater
 * 5)  to grow up
 * 6)  to be older than
 * 7)  father
 * 8)  father's elder or younger brother
 * 9)  to intimidate; to threaten
 * 10)  only so big
 * 11)  number two
 * 12) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1)  greater
 * 2)  to grow up
 * 3)  to be older than
 * 4)  father
 * 5)  father's elder or younger brother
 * 6)  to intimidate; to threaten
 * 7)  only so big
 * 8)  number two
 * 9) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1)  to intimidate; to threaten
 * 2)  only so big
 * 3)  number two
 * 4) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1)  number two
 * 2) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)
 * 1) 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (𝌲)

Descendants
Others:

Definitions

 * 1)  small

Etymology 1
From.

Prefix

 * 1) big, large
 * 2) the large part of
 * 3)  arch-
 * 1) the large part of
 * 2)  arch-

Usage notes
This is often the second half of the two-character shorthand name of universities, for example. Reading of first character often changes from kun'yomi to on'yomi.

Etymology 2
→ →  →

From, from.

Prefix

 * 1) big; great

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) big, large

Etymology 2
From, from.

Prefix

 * 1) big; great
 * 2) greater