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Kanji for Great
The kanji for “great” is 大, read dai and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
great
Big and great; generous of heart.
3 strokes On reading ダイ、タイ (dai, tai) Kun reading おお、おおきい、おおいに (oo, ookii, ooini) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: large, big
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tai, dai, hiro
In Japan it appears in about 732 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 大: Diana 大安七 · Dianna 大安七 · Edythe 恵大寿 · Diamond 大茂道 · Dian 大安 · Dyan 大安 · Diane 大安 · Dianne 大安 · Tyrell 大怜瑠 · Dion 大温 · Sadye 冴大 · Valentine 羽怜大
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