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大

This character is 대.
It means “big, great, large.”

I believe this Hanja character originated from the image of a person standing with the arms wide open.

Let’s look at some Sino-Korean words that contain the character 大 (대).

• 대한민국 (大韓民國) – Republic of Korea
• 대통령 (大統領) – president
• 대장 (大將) – head, leader
• 대중 (大衆) – mass, public
• 대학교 (大學校) – university
• 대회 (大會) – convention, contest, competition
• 대륙 (大陸) – continent
• 대기 (大氣) – atmosphere
• 대로 (大路) – main road
• 대장부 (大丈夫) –  a strong and manly man
• 확대하다 (擴大-) to expand, to extend, to enlarge
• 관대하다 (寬大-) to be generous, to be open-minded
• 위대하다 (偉大-) to be great, to be magnificent
• 담대하다 (膽大-) to be brave, to be bold
• 거대하다 (巨大-) to be very big, to be gigantic