Radical 37
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| uni | 5927 |
| meaning | big, very |
| pny | dà |
| bopo | ㄉㄚˋ |
| gr | dah |
| wade | ta4 |
| jyutping | daai6 |
| yale | daaih |
| poj | tāi |
| cn | (Top) 大字頭/大字头 dàzìtóu |
| onyomi | ダイ dai / タイ tai |
| kunyomi | おお ō / おお-きい ō-kii |
| jp | 大/だい dai |
| (Top) 大頭/だいがしら daigashira | |
| (Top) 大冠/だいかんむり daikanmuri | |
| hang | 클 keul |
| hanja | 대 dae |
| hanviet | Đại |
| :: |
| uni = 5927 | meaning = big, very | pny = dà | bopo = ㄉㄚˋ | gr = dah | wade = ta4 | jyutping = daai6 | yale = daaih | poj = tāi | cn = (Top) 大字頭/大字头 dàzìtóu | onyomi = ダイ dai / タイ tai | kunyomi = おお ō / おお-きい ō-kii | jp = 大/だい dai (Top) 大頭/だいがしら daigashira (Top) 大冠/だいかんむり daikanmuri | hang = 클 keul | hanja = 대 dae | hanviet = Đại
Radical 37 or radical big (大部) meaning "big", "great", or "very" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 132 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
大 is also the 33rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:大-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:大-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:大-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:大-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 大 夨 |
| +1 | 天 太 夫 夬 夭 |
| +2 | 央 夯 夰 失 夲 夳 头SC (=頭 - 頁) |
| +3 | 夵 夶 (=比 - 比) 夷 夸 (also SC form of 誇 - 言) 夹SC (=夾) 夺SC (=奪) 夻 夼 |
| +4 | 夽 夾 夿 奀 奁SC (=奩) 奂SC (=奐) |
| +5 | 奃 奄 奅 奆 奇 奈 奉 奋SC (=奮) 奌 (=點 - 黑) 奍 奔 |
| +6 | 奎 奏 奐 契 奒 奓 奕 奖SC (=獎 - 犬) |
| +7 | 奊 套 奘 奙 奚 |
| +8 | 奛 奜 奝 奞 奟 |
| +9 | 奠 奡 奢 奣 奤 奥SC/JP (=奧) |
| +10 | 奦 奧 奨JP (=獎 - 犬) |
| +11 | 奩 奪 奫 奬 (=獎 - 犬) |
| +12 | 奭 |
| +13 | 奮 奯 |
| +15 | 奰 |
| +19 | 奱 |
| +21 | 奲 |
| :: |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
References
References
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