Word Meaning 大文字

おおもじ oomoji

大文字 is read as おおもじ (oomoji) and means huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year.

Meaning

English

  1. huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
  2. the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"
  3. large character
  4. large writing
  5. uppercase letter
  6. capital letter

Reading

Kana

おおもじ

Romaji

oomoji

Writing Variants

  • 大文字 だいもんじ daimonji

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Antonyms 小文字 Rank 811 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大和文字

やまともじ

Japanese syllabary symbols

文字の大小順序

もじのだいしょうじゅんじょ

collating sequence

文字幅拡大率

もじはばかくだいりつ

character expansion factor

十文字学園女子大学

じゅうもんじがくえんじょしだいがく

Jūmonjigakuen Women's University

大字

おおあざ

larger section (of village)

文字

もじ

writing

小文字

こもじ

lowercase letter

人文字

ひともじ

arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

十文字

じゅうもんじ

cross

一文字

いちもんじ

straight line

真一文字

まいちもんじ

straight

大衆文学

たいしゅうぶんがく

popular literature

Example Sentences

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