Meaning

Primary

Decreasing Order

Alternatives

Descending Order, Largest First

Word Type

noun

Explanation

When the order is from big (to small), you are talking about decreasing order. That's largest first.

Reading

おおきいじゅん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the word 大きい plus 's reading you learned with the kanji.

Context

Context Sentences

これらの会社を売上高の大きい順にならべなさい。

List these companies in order of descending revenue.

このゲームでは、最初にみんなでサイコロをふって、サイコロの目が大きい順にプレイします。

In this game, everyone rolls the dice together at the beginning, and then plays in order from the highest roll.

この順番、小さい順と大きい順、どっちにする方がいいと思う?

Which order do you think is better, ascending or descending?

Kanji Composition