字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Bronze · Western ZhouWestern Zhou · c. 1000 BCE遣尊 (early Western Zhou); taken from 𢇛
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Structures & Home
广 slant roof, building on a slope
まだれ madare
3 strokesRadical of 18 kanjiPart of 26
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A house with a roof, similar to 宀. According to Wang Yun (王筠), the former character depicts a building with three walls, while the latter depicts a house with four walls.
Source: Wiktionary, 广 (rev. 92542111), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Build on the hillside! This radical represents practical buildings that provide shelter while leaning directly into the landscape. When you see it wrapping over the top and left, think of public marketplaces, storage sheds, and the specialized "places" where people gather to trade, learn, or heal. It brings a sense of communal space and sturdy, functional architecture to its characters.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates buildings (shops, halls, warehouses), specific places of business or care, large public structures, and the concept of "degree" or "measure" within a space.
What it grows into
- 府boroughフ
- 広wideコウ · ひろい
广 + 黃sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, 廣, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 店storeテン · みせ
广 + 占sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 广 as its radical
All 18 kanji