Read Edit View history 大 dà HSK1 big Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect. The meaning later shifted to "big". Pinyin Separate values with commas dà ×dài × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 大 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 210, 458 ], [ 268, 453 ], [ 514, 503 ], [ 719, 534 ], [ 770, 529 ], [ 810, 517 ] ], [ [ 416, 810 ], [ 444, 799 ], [ 482, 759 ], [ 469, 518 ], [ 448, 394 ], [ 426, 320 ], [ 386, 231 ], [ 361, 196 ], [ 307, 140 ], [ 202, 67 ], [ 138, 41 ] ], [ [ 486, 430 ], [ 500, 393 ], [ 576, 284 ], [ 660, 182 ], [ 722, 118 ], [ 774, 77 ], [ 953, 42 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 494 476 Q 542 485 795 501 Q 817 502 822 512 Q 826 525 808 540 Q 750 580 707 569 Q 631 550 500 522 L 436 509 Q 331 490 213 469 Q 189 465 208 447 Q 241 420 294 432 Q 357 453 431 465 L 494 476 Z", "M 487 437 Q 491 456 494 476 L 500 522 Q 510 711 528 763 Q 534 776 523 786 Q 501 805 459 822 Q 434 832 414 825 Q 390 816 410 796 Q 444 762 444 726 Q 445 602 436 509 L 431 465 Q 398 275 310 179 Q 303 173 297 166 Q 251 118 148 55 Q 133 48 130 43 Q 124 36 144 34 Q 195 34 300 104 Q 385 173 414 218 Q 444 266 480 396 L 487 437 Z", "M 480 396 Q 501 357 575 245 Q 657 124 718 56 Q 746 22 774 22 Q 856 28 928 32 Q 959 33 959 41 Q 960 50 927 66 Q 753 144 719 174 Q 614 267 500 419 Q 493 429 487 437 C 469 461 465 422 480 396 Z" ] } 3 strokes 大 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 206, 459 ], [ 261, 452 ], [ 713, 534 ], [ 817, 518 ] ], [ [ 409, 815 ], [ 485, 756 ], [ 431, 328 ], [ 321, 153 ], [ 137, 42 ] ], [ [ 485, 430 ], [ 605, 248 ], [ 751, 93 ], [ 952, 45 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M493,475C572,488 646,496 795,501C809,502 819,506 822,512C825,521 820,532 808,540C769,569 735,577 707,569C656,557 586,540 499,522C457,513 457,513 436,509C366,495 291,483 213,469C197,467 194,459 208,447C229,429 259,423 294,432C336,445 381,457 431,465C472,472 472,472 493,475Z", "M487,437C489,450 491,463 493,475C497,506 497,506 499,522C515,648 515,729 528,763C531,772 529,780 523,786C507,799 486,811 459,822C441,829 427,830 414,825C397,820 396,810 410,796C432,774 443,751 444,726C444,645 443,571 436,509C433,480 433,480 431,465C413,311 358,239 312,183C289,157 223,98 148,55C138,50 132,47 130,43C126,39 129,35 144,34C177,33 225,53 300,102C405,173 461,296 480,396C485,423 485,423 487,437Z", "M480,396C494,370 525,320 575,245C629,164 678,103 718,56C737,35 755,21 774,22C828,25 880,30 928,32C948,33 958,36 959,41C959,47 948,56 927,66C810,119 741,155 719,174C684,206 648,242 611,283C561,337 526,388 487,437C478,448 474,408 480,396Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.