廣

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See also: 广, 広, and 癀
廣 U+5EE3, 廣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3
← 廢
[U+5EE2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廤 →
[U+5EE4]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Han character[edit]

廣 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 00286, composition ⿸广黃(HTJK) or ⿸广黄(GV))

Derived characters[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
  • Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 897, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5EE3

Chinese[edit]

trad. 廣
simp. 广*
alternative forms 広
𭙛

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 廣
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋʔ): semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note:
  • kóng - literary;
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • guang2 - literary;
  • geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 廣
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 唐 (102)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 古晃切
    Baxter kwangX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kwɑŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kʷɑŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/kuɑŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kwaŋX/
    Li
    Rong         		/kuɑŋX/
    Wang
    Li         		/kuɑŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/kwɑŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		guǎng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gwong2
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 廣
    Reading # 1/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		guǎng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kwangX ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʷˁaŋʔ/
    English wide

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 廣
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5368
    Phonetic
    component         		黄
    Rime
    group         		陽
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		廣
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʷaːŋʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    廣

    1. broad; wide; extensive; vast
    2. many; numerous; multitudinous
    3. to expand; to enlarge
    4. common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
    5. Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
    6. Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
    7. (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
    8. † width; breadth
    9. a surname: Guang
    Synonyms[edit]
    • (broad):
    • (many):
    • (to expand):
    • (common):

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (廣):
    • → Japanese: 広(こう) (kō)
    • → Korean: 광(廣) (gwang)
    • → Vietnamese: quảng (廣)

    Others:

    Pronunciation 2[edit]

    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 廣
    Reading # 2/2
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		guǎng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kwangH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
    English distance from east to west

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

    Definitions[edit]

    廣

    1. † to measure width
    2. † distance from east to west

    Pronunciation 3[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    廣

    1. † Alternative form of 曠／旷 (kuàng)
    2. † Alternative form of 壙／圹 (kuàng)

    Pronunciation 4[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    廣

    1. † Used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉／骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
    2. † Alternative form of 光

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Shinjitai

    		広

    Kyūjitai

    		廣

    Kanji[edit]

    廣

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

    1. broad
    2. wide
    3. spacious

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Alternative forms[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

    1. Hanja form? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”).

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
    • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 4. [3]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    廣: Hán Nôm readings: quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng

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