大
JLPT HSK 1

dà, dài

A person 人 with arms 一 spread widely appears: big.

	天
JLPT HSK 1

tiān
A big 大 person with the sky/heaven 一 above him.
As far as a big person can reach is: the sky.

	太
JLPT HSK 1

tài
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
JLPT HSK 1

yǐ
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
JLPT HSK 2

fū
Two 二 and person 人
The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.

	因
JLPT HSK 2

yīn
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: big 大 person
The fence around the big person has its reason.

	奇
JLPT HSK 3

jī, qí
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
JLPT HSK 3

tóu, tou
Big 大 with two protruding eyes 丶
The big one with the protuding eyes is our leader and chief.

	骑
JLPT HSK 3

qí
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
JLPT HSK 3

cān, shēn, cēn
From top: nose ム (a nose in side view), big 大, hairy 彡 (Originally this was the image of a kneeling woman 女 = くノ一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful)
Where the kneeling woman ム with the big hair is, I would like to participate.

	奖
JLPT HSK 4

jiǎng
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
JLPT HSK 4

fèn
Top: big 大, below: rice field 田
Who has a big rice field, must have strived (for it).

	美
JLPT HSK 4

měi
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
JLPT HSK 4

jì
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
JLPT HSK 5

qìng
Outside: building 广, inside: big 大
When you make the building 'big', you want to celebrate.

	衡
JLPT HSK 5

héng
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
JLPT HSK 5

dá
Left: movement 辶 (here: endeavor). right: big 大
Who wants sth. big and endeavors can attain it.

	奈
JLPT HSK 5

nài
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
JLPT HSK 5

lèi
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
JLPT HSK 5

kuā
Top: big 大, below: deficiency 亏 (Having only one 一 winding seaweed 丂 means a deficiency) (Tip: See 亏 as lower part of jaw 咢 (= two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
With a big jaw, you can boast and exaggerate.

	套
JLPT HSK 5

tào
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
JLPT HSK 6

bēn, bèn
Top: big 大, bottom: thirty, grasses 卉 (=ten 十, twenty 廾)
The big man hurries thirty-fold away.

	央
JLPT HSK 6

yāng
Top: yoke 冂, below: big 大
The yoke on the shoulders of the big person is centered.

	掩
JLPT HSK 6

yǎn
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
JLPT HSK 6

mò
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
JLPT HSK 6

jiān
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
JLPT HSK 6

duó
Top: big 大, bottom: skillful hand 寸
With a big and skillful hand you can seize or strive/compete for sth.

	溪
JLPT HSK 6

xī
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
JLPT HSK 6

ào
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
JLPT HSK 6

shuǎng
Big: 大, 4 marks: 2x 爻
Four big marks: Here it is bright and clear.

	牵
JLPT HSK 6

qiān
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
JLPT HSK 6

diàn
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
JLPT HSK 6

shē
Top: big 大, bottom: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日)
The 'big' person can afford extravagant luxury.

	锲
JLPT HSK 6

qiè
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
JLPT no HSK

ào
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
JLPT no HSK

yì
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
JLPT no HSK

yāo
Top: ノ (here: a heavy plank), rest: big 大
If a heavy plank (falls) down on a big person, he will die young.

	奚
JLPT no HSK

xī
From top: a hand reaching 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
JLPT no HSK

duò, tuó
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
JLPT no HSK

qì
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
JLPT no HSK

kuí
Top: big 大 (here: big person), bottom: piled earth 圭
A big person is over the piled earth with one stride.

	奄
JLPT no HSK

yǎn
Top: big 大, bottom: electricity 电 (A field 田 with a lightning rod 乚)
(At a lightning strike:) The big electricity comes suddenly.

	夷
JLPT no HSK

yí
Combination of big大 and bow 弓
(Think of the Mongols:) They have big bows: The barbarians.

	哒
JLPT no HSK

dā
Left: mouth 口, right: to attain, to reach 达 (Who wants sth. big 大 and moves/endevours 辶 can attain.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when you reach something is: the hoof's clatter.

	奂
JLPT no HSK

huàn
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
JLPT no HSK

nà
Left: hand 扌, right: what, how can one help 奈
The hand has sth. big 大 to show 示: It's this downward-stroke.

	羹
JLPT no HSK

gēng
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.