JLPT N5 · Describing

大きい

おおきい

big

Stroke order of 大きい

3 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokesき · 4 strokes い · 2 strokes

Memory trick

大 is a person stretching their arms out wide to show how big something is.

Parts: 大 person with arms spread

The characters in 大きい

きき — ki (4 strokes)
いい — i (2 strokes)

Example sentence

あの大きい建物は病院です。

あのおおきいたてものはびょういんです。

That big building is a hospital.

Words with 大

大人adult 大学生university student 大学university 大事important 大好きloved; very fond of 大嫌いhated 大丈夫all right; OK 大変tough; very 大使館embassy 大雨heavy rain 大雪heavy snow 大勢many people; crowd 大学院graduate school 大地the earth; ground 大家landlord 大陸continent 大根daikon radish 大切important; precious

More words: Describing

小さいsmall 高いtall; expensive 安いcheap 新しいnew 古いold (things)長いlong 白いwhite 多いmany; a lot 少ないfew; little

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