Zi:大

大 [dà] big, great; 大​家 dàjiā everybody; (radical 37, 大​部) [dài] 大​夫 dàifu doctor; (HDZ:) …; ​代; ​待 [tài] ​太: ​泰

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►dà* ​大 {A} s.v. ①big; great; high; tall; vast ②much; very ③old ‖ Tā duō ∼? 他多∼? How old is he? ④eldest ⑤adult ◆n. 〈environment:〉 topo. father ◆cons. ① ∼ V tè V big/great/etc. V ‖ ∼ cuò tè cuò ∼错特错 gross error ② ∼ A ∼ B used with two monosyllabic nouns, verbs, or stative verbs related in meaning to indicate high degree ‖ ∼yú-∼ròu bǎile yī̠ mǎn zhuō. ∼鱼∼肉摆了一满桌。 The table was filled with lots of meat and fish.
►⁹dài ​大 {E} b.f. person of importance ►dàifu 大夫

The Shuōwén Seal form of 大 dà ‘big (man)’ is said to depict a person in frontal view, standing up straight with legs/feet apart and arms stretched out: the arms spread wide indicate a great/large quantity (maximum arm-span; cf. fathom: span of a man's outstretched arms); formerly also wr. ​亣 depicting a man with broad shoulders (a distinct old component form, later wr. 大).
    Compare: ​交, ​夫, ​立(​𡗓), ​央, ​奘, ​耎, ​㚖, ​奚, ​奕, ​𡚇.
    Compare: ​太(​夳​冭) tài ‘great; extreme’; ​天 tiān ‘heaven/sky’; ​美 měi ‘beautiful’; ​文 wén ‘decorative lines’ (as in ​纹, ​彣, ​忞); ​夾 jiā ‘press/squeeze’; ​亦(​𡗕) yì ‘sides; besides’ (​腋).
    Compare: ​泰(​𡙌) tài ‘slippery’ (䷊); ​汰(​汏) tài ‘wash away’; ​去(​㚎) qù; ​盍(​𥁋​盇) hé/gài; ​夶(​比) bǐ; ​並(​竝​𠀤) bìng.
    Compare: ​人(​儿) rén ‘person’ (which depicted a person as seen in profile).
    HDZ: 大 : dà : ​在​面​积、​体​积、​容​量、​数​量、​力​量、​强​度、​年​龄、​重​要​性​等​超​过​一​般​或​超​过​所​比​对​象 (ant. ​小); ​在​程​度、​规​模、​声​势、​时​间​等​方​面​超​过​所​比​对​象; (​思​想、​品​德) ​高​尚, (​知​识、​著​作​等) ​渊​博, (​技​艺、​技​巧​等) ​精​湛 (​艺​术大​师; ​语​言大​师; ​贻​笑大​方); ​尊​重, ​推​崇; (​敬​词) (​尊​姓大​名, 大​作); ​极, ​很; ​年​辈​较​长​或​排​行​第​一​的; ​夸大, ​自​夸; (​古) ​下​一​辈​对​上​一​辈 (大​父: ​祖​父, 大​母: ​祖​母); (​方​言) ​父​亲 (cf. ​爹​爹); (​方​言) ​伯​父, ​叔​父; (​旧) (​简​称) 大​钱, ​钱​币; (​副​词) 大​体​上, 大​约; ​再 (大​前​天, 大​后​日); ​用​在​时​间​或​节​令​前​表​示​强​调 (大​热​天; 大​年​初​一; 大​礼​拜​天); (​姓) • dài : ​山大​王、大​夫 (​医​生) (cf. 大​医); ​代 (​世​代; ​代​替); ​待: ​等​待 • tài : ​太/​泰: (​太​极, ​太​子, ​太​上, ​太​誓, ​太​王​王​季, ​太​上​皇, ​太​后)
►references: Guǎngyùn:380.23,419.33; Wieger:60a; Karlgren:AD952,GSR317a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.520.1; Lindqvist:27; Mathews:5943; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:248.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:002.1.06; Wáng(1993):3; EDOC:1
►components: ​人​一
►Cantonese: daaih-
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Unicode: U+5927
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