漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
拡: broaden, extend
Also: expand, enlarge
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 広 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カクkaku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 拡声器かくせいきmegaphone, bullhorn
- 拡大するかくだいするmagnify, enlarge
- 拡張するかくちょうするextend, expand
- 拡充するかくじゅうするexpand
- 拡散するかくさんするscatter
- 拡大かくだい
- 拡散かくさん
- 拡充かくじゅう
Also read コウ, ひろがる, ひろげる, ひろめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 扩 · traditional 擴 · kuò
Three different forms: Japanese 拡, simplified 扩, traditional 擴.
- Simplified
- 扩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 擴 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin kuò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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