大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

大 character breakdown

大
- 一
- 人
  - 丿
  - ㇏

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 大 as component

夭

ya̅o = y + ao1

tender / gentle / to die prematurely

夭 = 丿 + 大 : In front of the aorta, a mysterious gentle robot hands Maud Younger a mysterious tender banana. Snow White is so hungry that it snatches the banana away and eats it instantly, just to die young again.

夭 = 丿 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: Snow White who had to die young—until the prince found her.

参

參

ca̅n = c + an1

to take part in / to participate / to join / to attend / to counsel / unequal / varied / irregular / uneven / not uniform / abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House

参 = 厶 + 大 + 彡 : Mnemonic symbol: a bib number.

The King of Chu takes part in a marathon starting in front of the anthill, and he already fixed his bib number to his shirt. Right next to him there is a mysterious, huge person fixing their bib number to their shirt. It is a big robot in disguise to be allowed to participate. The robot disguised itself with a fake nose and a long fake Santa Clause beard.

参

㕘

ca̅n = c + an1

variant of 參|参[can1]

参

參

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

ginseng / one of the 28 constellations

参

叅

ca̅n = c + an1

old variant of 參|参[can1]

参

參

ce̅n = c + (e)n1

used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]

参

葠

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

variant of 參|参[shen1]

参

蓡

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

variant of 參|参[shen1]

监

監

jia̅n = ji + an1

to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

监 = 刂 + 大 + 皿 : Joan of Arc (ji) has been caught by the English and in her prison (监), a cage (监) in front of the anthill (an1), She awaits her trial. She has not given up, though: as a robot hands her a bowl of rice (皿), She quickly pulls out a kitchen knife (刂) and stabs the robot's (大) arm. The robot doesn't even notice though.

监

監

jiàn = ji + an4

supervisor

套

tào = t + ao4

to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)

套 = 大 + 镸 : Tecumseh (t) thinks his nose is not long enough, so he asked the robot (大) for help to let it grow (镸) longer (镸). In the aorta's bathroom (ao4) the robot put on a harness (套) and attached it to Tecumseh's nose; by running away from Tecumseh and pulling he slowly pulls his nose until it is long enough.

器

qì = qi + Ø4

device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]

器 = 㗊 + 犬 : The Saint Bernard dog has been practising playing his bagpipe all day in the space station's bathroom. The Queen of Hearts is so annoyed that finally she grabbed a screwdriver as utensil to end this torture.

夰

gǎo = g + ao3

to release

夰 = 大 + 儿 : Guy Fawkes (g), the robot (大) and Sun Wukong (儿) are having a hackathon in the aorta's living room (ao3) to release (夰) the first version of their software startup. They are spending the most time on writing the release notes (mnemonic symbol for 夰).

奠

diàn = di + an4

to fix / to settle / a libation to the dead

奠 = 大 + 酋 : Dorothy Gale (di) and the tribal chief (酋) found the robot (大) dead and decide (奠) to bury it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). As the robot lies in its coffin they offer a libation (奠) to the dead robot for the last time before they dump it into the ground.

爽

shuǎng = shu + ang3

bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate

爽 = 㸚 + 大 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) explores the anglepod's living room (ang3) and bumps into a hostile robot (大). As the robot is about to charge at him Sheldon quickly throws a bunch of pliers (㸚) at him. The robot eats the pliers and thinks they are quite crisp (爽) and refreshing (爽).