Used in: |
大 |
big, huge, large, oldest
A person 人 with arms 一 spread widely appears: big. |
天 |
sky, heaven
A big 大 person with the sky/heaven 一 above him. As far as a big person can reach is: the sky. |
太 |
extreme, highest, greatest, too (much)
Top: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big.), below: a little bit more: 丶 When something is big, and more is added, it becomes extreme. |
椅 |
chair
Left: tree/wood 木, right: strange 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.] With wood you have big possibilities, such as making: a chair. |
夫 |
husband, man, manual worker
Two 二 and person 人 The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband. |
因 |
reason, cause, because
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: big 大 person The fence around the big person has its reason. |
奇 |
strange, odd, weird
Top: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big), bottom: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible) It is a big possibility but it looks strange. |
头 |
leader, chief, boss, the top, head
Big 大 with two protruding eyes 丶 The big one with the protuding eyes is our leader and chief. |
骑 |
to ride (an animal or bike), to sit astride
Left: horse 马 (=馬 mane, 4 legs 灬 and a tail ㄅ), right: strange, odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) A horse gives you big possibilities, when you are riding. |
参 |
attend, participate, join, irregular
From top: nose 厶, big 大, hairy 彡 A nose so big and hairy: There I will attend. |
奖 |
reward, prize, award, encouragement
Top: bed 丬, evening 夕 (When the moon 月 is not yet fully there, it is only evening.), bottom: large 大 Going to bed in the evening can be a big: reward. |
奋 |
strive, exert oneself, arouse
Top: big 大, below: rice field 田 Who has a big rice field, must have strived (for it). |
美 |
America, USA, beautiful
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), below: big 大 A sheep that is big is beautiful, like America. |
寄 |
to depend, to live (in a house), to lodge
Top: roof 宀, below: strange, odd 奇 = tall/big 大 and possible 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.) Under the roof, there are great possibilities, because you depend on each-other. |
庆 |
celebrate, congratulate, festival
Outside: building 广, inside: big 大 When you make the building 'big', you want to celebrate. |
衡 |
to weigh, weight, measure
Outside: go 行, center: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down) Put the fish: the big one, on the scales to weigh. |
达 |
to attain, to reach, to amount to, eminent
Left: movement 辶 (here: endeavor). right: big 大 Who is big and endeavors can attain everything. |
奈 |
what, how can one help
Top: big 大, bottom: to show, altar 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八) A big altar? What, how can that help? |
类 |
category, type, kind, class, similar
Top: rice 米, bottom: big 大 (A person 人 with widely spread arms 一 appears: big.) (For culturing or breeding:) For big rice they made categories and types. |
夸 |
to boast, to exaggerate, to praise
Top: big 大, below: deficiency 亏 (Having only one 一 winding seaweed 丂 means a deficiency) Despite big deficiencies you can boast and exaggerate. |
套 |
cover, sheath, to encase, a case
Top: big 大, bottom: Vari. of: long 长/長 (long hair/mane in the wind) (A present with a wrapping:) It becomes bigger and longer due to the: cover. |
奔 |
to hurry, rush, to run quickly, elope, towards
Top: big 大, bottom: thirty, grasses 卉 (=ten 十, twenty 廾) The big man hurries thirty-fold away. |
央 |
center, middle, mit beg
Top: yoke 冂, below: big 大 The yoke on the shoulders of the big person is centered. |
掩 |
to conceal, cover up, surprise
Left: hand 扌, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚] The hand makes a sudden movement to conceal sth. |
莫 |
negative, nobody, do not, there is none who
From top: Plant 艹, sun 日, plant 艹 [not 大 "large"] - Together: The sun goes down between plants: Sunset The sunset is perceived negatively. |
尖 |
pointed (needle), sharp, shrewd
Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: big 大 If the 'small' is a part of the 'big', it is its pointed end. |
夺 |
to seize, to take away forcibly, strive for
Top: big 大, bottom: skillful hand 寸 With a big and skillful hand you can seize or strive/compete for sth. |
溪 |
rivulet =small river, creek
Left: water 氵, right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What? Where?) To get to the water, you need to reach down and it seems like a 'big thread', then it is a rivulet. |
奥 |
obscure, mysterious, Austria 奥地利
From top: var. of roof 宀, rice 米, big 大 Under the roof, he hides rice in big quantities and this is obscure in Austria. |
爽 |
bright, clear, fresh, cool, frank
Big: 大, 4 marks: 2x 爻 Four big marks: Here it is bright and clear. |
牵 |
to pull (an animal on a tether), to hold hands
From top: large 大, cover 冖 (here: the yoke or tether/snaffle of an animal), cow 牛 The person with wide arms uses a yoke at the cow to lead or pull it. |
奠 |
to settle, to lay foundation, to fix, pay respect
Top: tribal chief 酋 (Who distributes out of 丷 the wine jug 酉, is the tribal chief.), bottom: big 大 A tribal chief is doing big, when settling a foundation. |
奢 |
extravagant, luxurious, wasteful
Top: big 大, bottom: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日) The 'big' person can afford extravagant luxury. |
锲 |
to engrave, carve, to chisel away at
Left: metal 钅/金, right: contract 契 (marked sticks  were in parts carved with a sword 刀 in big 大 signs and rejoined, at fulfillment of: the contract.) Into the metal the contract is engraved. |
澳 |
deep bay, cove, harbor, Australia 澳大利亚
Left: water 氵, right: obscure 奥 (Under the roof 宀 is rice 米 in big 大 quantities, which is obscure.) (Here can be dangerous backflows:) The water is obscure in the bay. |
奕 |
abundant, graceful
Top: also 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], below: big 大 (in respect to apples) If they are reddish and big, we are in: abundance. |
夭 |
to die prematurely, tender, gentle
Top: ノ (here: a heavy plank), rest: big 大 If a heavy plank (falls) down on a big person, he will die young. |
奚 |
what?, where?, why?
From top: hand reacing down 爫, thread 纟, big 大 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What?, Where? |
驮 |
to carry on one's back
Left: horse 马/馬 (with mane 三, four legs 灬 und tail ㄅ), right: big 大 A horse can carry sth. big: on its back. |
契 |
to carve, carved words, a contract, agreement
Top: tally stick  , (pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement), sword 刀, below: big 大 Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: the contract |
奎 |
crotch, stride
Top: big 大 (here: big person), bottom: piled earth 圭 A big person is over the piled earth with one stride. |
奄 |
suddenly, abruptly, hastily, to cover
Top: big 大, bottom: electricity 电 (field 田 with lightning rod 乚) (Lightning strike:) The big electricity comes suddenly. |
夷 |
barbarians, non-Han people, to wipe out
Combination of big大 and bow 弓 (Think of the Mongols:) They have big bows: The barbarians. |
哒 |
clatter (of horses' hoofs)
Left: mouth 口, right: to attain, to reach 达 (Who wants sth. big 大 and moves 辶 can attain anything.) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when you reach something is: the hoof's clatter. |
奂 |
excellent
Shows the image of woman giving birth - Better recognizable in the traditional character 奐 with: head ⺈, two breasts ハ and widely spread legs 人 A birth is excellent. |
捺 |
(downwards-right concave character stroke), press down firmly
Left: hand 扌, right: what, how can one help 奈 The hand has sth. big 大 to show 示: It's this stroke. |
羹 |
soup
Top: lamb 羔 (The sheep 羊 on the fire 灬 is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep 羊, big 大) The lambs of sheep that are big are used in: the soup. |
|