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大 — stroke order
Watch how to write 大 (dà) stroke by stroke. 大 has 3 strokes and means “big”. It appears in common words such as 大家 (everyone) and 大學 (university; college). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 大
Examples of words that use 大 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
大家dàjiāeveryone大學dàxuéuniversity; college大人dàrénadult; grown-up大小dàxiǎosize; big and small長大zhǎngdàto grow up大門dàménmain entrance; gate
How 大 is written
- Radical
- 大
- Components
- 一 ＋ 人
- Formation
- Ideographic — A man 人 with outstretched arms.