Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Big (dà) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 252, Entry 19 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced diao. The meaning is big or many. It is also used as a personal name. During the Xianping era of the Song Dynasty, there was a Japanese monk named Chonen who brought the Classic of Filial Piety (Xiaojing) annotated by Zheng Xuan to offer as a gift.