Radicals › #37 大
大
大 — the “big” radical
a person with arms spread wide 17 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 大 radical (17)
大large, big夫husband, man失lose, error天heavens, sky太plump, thick央center, middle奈Nara, what?契pledge, promise奪rob, take by force奥heart, interior奏play music, speak to a ruler奇strange, strangeness奨exhort, urge奮stirred up, be invigorated奉observance, offer奔run, bustle奎star, god of literature
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.