広

See also 廣, and 广

Translingual

shinjitai	広
simplified	广
traditional	廣

Etymology

Simplified from 廣 (黃 → 厶); shinjitai.

Current form 广 + 厶.

Han character

広 (radical 53 广+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈 (II), X戈戈 (XII), composition ⿸广厶)

1. broad, wide, extensive

Derived characters

• 鉱 (from 鑛) 砿 (from 礦)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 343, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9224
• Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 873, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5E83

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Japanese

Kanji

広 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. vast, wide

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi), ひろめる (hiromeru), ひろげる (hirogeru)

Usage notes

Shinjitai

Compounds

• 広壮
• 広大な
• 広範
• 広報
• 広野
• 広場

Proper noun

広 (hiragana ひろし, romaji Hiroshi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

広
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 광 (revised: gwang, McCune-Reischauer: kwang)

• Name (hangeul): 넓을()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

広 (pinyin guǎng (guang3), Wade-Giles kuang³)