大小
Chinese
big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young | ||
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simp. and trad. (大小) |
大 | 小 |
Pronunciation
Noun
大小
Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 小 |
だい Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Compound of 大 (dai, “big, large”) + 小 (shō, “small, little”).[1][2]
Noun
大小 • (daishō)
- large and small
- the traditional Japanese pair of swords, consisting of the 大刀 (daitō, “big blade”, i.e. katana) and 小刀 (shōtō, “small blade”, i.e. wakizashi)
- a pair of taiko drums, consisting of one large and one small taiko
- long months and short months:
- in the lunar calendar, long months of 30 days and short months of 29 days
- in the solar calendar, long months of 31 days and short months of 30 days or less
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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大 | 小 |
おお Grade: 1 |
さ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Appears to be a compound of Old Japanese-derived 大 (ō, “big”) + 小 (sa, “small”, rare reading). Alternatively, may be 大 (ō, “big”) + さ (-sa, suffix indicating degree or amount).
Appears to be mostly obsolete in modern Japanese, superseded by the term 大きさ (ōkisa, “size”, literally “bigness”), from adjective 大きい (ōkii, “big”). The modern Japanese term with the reading of ōsa is 多さ (ōsa, literally “much-ness, many-ness”), from adjective 多い (ōi, “many, much”), deriving from the same Old Japanese root opo as 大きい (ōkii, “big”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o̞ːsa̠]
Noun
大小 • (ōsa) ←おほさ (ofosa)?
- (probably obsolete) size
- 東大寺諷誦文稿 (Tōdaiji Fujumonkō, Tōdai Temple Buddhist Prayer Manuscript) [Benseisha bunko; 12] (in Japanese), Tokyo: 勉誠社 (Benseisha), 796–830, published 1976, →OCLC.
- 大小は雀の如し
- ohosa wa suzume no gotoshi
- The size was just like that of a sparrow.
- 大小は雀の如し
- 東大寺諷誦文稿 (Tōdaiji Fujumonkō, Tōdai Temple Buddhist Prayer Manuscript) [Benseisha bunko; 12] (in Japanese), Tokyo: 勉誠社 (Benseisha), 796–830, published 1976, →OCLC.
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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