廣

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))

• 鑛, 礦, 擴, 曠, 鄺, 壙, 纊, 儣, 爌, 櫎, 瀇, 穬, 懭, 嚝, 矌, 㼅, 彍, 獷, 䊯, 𤳱, 𢌌, 𩧉, 𪍿, 𠢹, 𢌊, 兤, 懬

• 広, 广 (simplified forms)

• 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

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

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”)
   • c. 1733, 藍鼎元, 論南洋事宜書; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 賀長齡 [He Changling], editors, 皇朝經世文編, 1826:

     閩廣人稠地狹，田園不足於耕。望海謀生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     闽广人稠地狭，田园不足于耕。望海谋生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Mǐn Guǎng rén chóu dì xiá, tiányuán bù zú yú gēng. Wàng hǎi móushēng, shí jū wǔ liù. [Pinyin]

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7. (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) width; breadth
9. a surname, Guang

• (broad):

• (many):

• (to expand):

• (common):

Others:

• → Ahom: 𑜀𑜡𑜂𑜫 (kāṅ, “width,measure”)
• → Bouyei: gvaangs
• → Lao: ກວ້າງ (kuāng, “wide, broad”)
• → Thai: กว้าง (gwâang, “wide, broad”)
• → Northern Thai: ᨠ᩠ᩅ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ
• → Lü: ᦦᦱᧂᧉ (k̇waang²)
• → Shan: ၵႂၢင်ႈ (kwāang)
• → Zhuang: gvangq

廣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure width
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) distance from east to west

廣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 曠 / 旷 (kuàng)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 壙 / 圹 (kuàng)

廣

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉 / 骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 光

• “廣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

1. broad
2. wide
3. spacious

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 廣い)、ひろば (hiroba)、ひろまる (hiromaru, 廣まる)、ひろめる (hiromeru, 廣める)、ひろがる (hirogaru, 廣がる)、ひろげる (hirogeru, 廣げる)

• 광 (広, gwang)

廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

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

• 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]

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