大家 (dà jiā)

Character breakdown

• 大 (dà) · 3 strokes

  Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect. The meaning later shifted to "big".

• 家 (jiā) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and a remnant of 豭 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 大家好。 — Hi, everybody.
2. 大家好！ — Hi, everybody!
3. 大家笑了。 — Everybody laughed.
4. 大家好吗？ — How is everyone?
5. 大家齐了。 — All were present.

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