大学

Meanings

1. university; college
2. former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 大

  Meanings

  large, big

  On reading

  ダイ、タイ

  Kun reading

  おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに

  Strokes

  3

• 学

  Meanings

  study, learning, science

  On reading

  ガク

  Kun reading

  まな.ぶ

  Strokes

  8

Example sentences

• あなたは理科系の大学に進んだほうがいいよ。

  You should go on to a technical college.

  Tatoeba #231493 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。

  The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.

  Tatoeba #173167 · CC BY 2.0 FR