曠

曠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日戈廿金 (AITC), four-corner 6008₆, composition ⿰日廣)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14245
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1539, character 17
• Unihan data for U+66E0

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰʷaːŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

曠

1. (obsolete) bright; clear
2. broad; vast; extensive

   曠野／旷野  ―  kuàngyě  ―  wilderness

3. free from worries and petty ideas

   心曠神怡／心旷神怡  ―  xīnkuàngshényí  ―  carefree and happy

4. distant (in time)
5. loose-fitting
6. to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)

   曠工／旷工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  to be absent from work without leave

   • 曠安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     旷安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kuàng ān zhái ér fú jū, shě zhènglù ér bù yóu, āi zāi! [Pinyin]

     Alas for them, who leave the tranquil dwelling empty and do not reside in it, and who abandon the right path and do not pursue it?

   • 以義動則無曠事矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     以义动则无旷事矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Yǐ yì dòng zé wú kuàng shì yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昿)

1. wide open space, void
2. worthless

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あら (ara, 曠)、あきらか (akiraka, 曠らか)、むなしい (munashii, 曠しい)、ひろい (hiroi, 曠い)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

曠 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

1. extensive, wide, broad
2. empty

曠: Hán Nôm readings: khoảng, khoáng, quãng, thoáng

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