jiān

From 小 ‘small’ + 大 ‘big’ (a pointed object moving from one to the other).

Compounds
尖锐 jiānruì – sharp, pointed, intense
尖子 jiānzi – best of the best; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

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tiān

Heaven, the sky, a day, the weather, celestial ; the Emperor, great, high, any superior over an inferior; moral superiority

大 dà great, is the radical, but the meaning of the character is not the one 一 great 大 as it is often translated, but the one sky 一 which is over man 大 ; thus it is an indicative character, not a logical combination.

Compounds

春天 chūntiān – spring
夏天 xiàtiān – summer
秋天 qiūtiān – autumn/fall
冬天 dōngtiān – winter
前天 qiăntiān – the day before yesterday
昨天 zuótiān – yesterday
今天 jīntiān – today
明天 míngtiān – tomorrow
后天 hòutiān – the day after tomorrow
星期天 xīngqītiān – Sunday
天气 tiānqì – the weather
天天 tiāntiān – every day
天蓝 tiānlán – blue, azure
天下 tiānxià – the world (under the sky)

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dà

Great,  37th radical, resembles a person 人 with arms stretched out as far as possible, implying the meaning of big/great/large

Compounds
大胆 dàdǎn – bold; daring; defiant
大地 dàdì – earth, Mother Earth
大家 dàjiā – everyone; everybody
大声 dàshēng – loudly; in a loud voice
大象 dàxiàng – elephant
大学 dàxué – college; university
大衣 dàyī – overcoat; topcoat
大意 dàyì – careless; negligent
大肚子 dàdùzi – pregnant

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