広

See also: 廣 and 广

Translingual

Traditional	廣
Shinjitai	広
Simplified	广

Glyph origin

Simplified from 廣 (黃 → 厶); shinjitai. First attested in 1891, influenced by 鑛 → 鉱.

Han character

広 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈 (II) or 難戈戈 (XII), four-corner 0023₀, composition ⿸广厶)

Derived characters

• 鉱, 拡, 砿, 昿, 絋, 𬽷 (from 鑛, 擴, 礦, 曠, 纊, 儣)

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 広 – see 廣 (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; many; numerous; multitudinous; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 廣).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	広
Kyūjitai	廣

Kanji

広

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廣)

1. vast, wide

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 広い, Jōyō); ひろまる (hiromaru, 広まる, Jōyō); ひろめる (hiromeru, 広める, Jōyō); ひろがる (hirogaru, 広がる, Jōyō); ひろげる (hirogeru, 広げる, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 広壮
• 広大
• 広範
• 広報
• 広野
• 広場

Proper noun

広(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name