広
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Translingual
| Stroke order (Japan) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | 廣 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 広 |
| Simplified | 广 |
Glyph origin
Simplified from 廣 (黃 → 厶); shinjitai. First attested in 1891, influenced by 鑛 → 鉱.[1]
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
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
- ^ Mari Yamashita, 「広」の字体について―略字体の出現時期とその要因―, 2011
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). |
Japanese
| 広 | |
| 廣 |
Kanji
広
(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廣)
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)
- Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)
Compounds
Proper noun
Most likely a nominalization of Classical Japanese adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “spacious, vast, wide”).
広 • (Hiroshi)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
広 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))
References
- 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. [1]