大字

大字

1. big Chinese character; large character
2. (specifically) big characters written with a calligraphy brush

   寫大字／写大字 [Cantonese]  ―  se² daai⁶ zi⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (colloquial) Chinese characters in general; writing

   大字不識幾個／大字不识几个  ―  dàzì bùshí jǐge  ―  able to recognize only a handful of Chinese characters; illiterate

4. (historical) Khitan large script

   Synonym: 契丹大字 (qìdān dàzì)

   Coordinate term: 小字 (xiǎozì)

5. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) passport
6. (Singapore Hokkien, dated) birth certificate
7. (Philippine Hokkien, dated) landing certificate of residence

Usage in the Philippines refers specifically to the old Landing Certificate of Residence document that Chinese migrants were required to have during the American Colonial Era and Commonwealth Period in the Philippines as required by the Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States applied to the Philippine Islands from 1902-1943 as part of the United States. Chinese Filipino families tracing back to this era use this term to refer to this heirloom document.

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• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “大字”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 168.

大(だい)字(じ) • (daiji) 

1. a large character
2. formal way of writing numbers (e.g., writing 参 instead of 三 for three)

•   Japanese numerals on Wikipedia.Wikipedia