Radical 大

3 strokes

The pronunciation of this character is basically dà, with the exception that it is pronounced dài in the word dàifū (see Character 49 below).

[大人 (12) dàrén adult]

/ The Big Wheel at the fairground is in use all day so the dwarf has to do the maintenance work at night in the dark. (Imagine him grumbling, “How do they expect me to see what I’m doing?”).