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広

Wide
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingコウ
Kun readingひろ.い、ひろ.げる
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2Level 3

Verbs with «広»

広がる広げる広める広まる繰り広げる

Meanings

  1. wideRtK
    彼は幅広い経験を積んでいる人だ。He is a man of wide experience.tatoeba
    髷の横幅が広い。It had a wide topknot.wiki
  2. broad
  3. spacious
    彼らの家の食堂はとても広々としている。Their dining room is very spacious.tatoeba
  1. to spread
  2. to be propagated

Popular Usage

背広広い広告

Radicals and components

Radical广dotted cliff
Components
How it's built
広
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cave · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 799

Compound words

広いひろい
spacious; vast; wide
背広せびろ
business suit
広告こうこく
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
広がるひろがる
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around
広げるひろげる
to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen
歌川広重うたがわひろしげ
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), ukiyo-e master known for landscape prints such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
広さひろさ
area; extent; dimensions; size; width
広域こういき
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
広州こうしゅう
Guangzhou (China); Canton
広場ひろば
public square; square; plaza; piazza; forum
広大こうだい
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large
広東カントン
Guangdong (China); Kwangtung; Guangzhou (China)
広範こうはん
wide; extensive; comprehensive; far-reaching; widespread
末広すえひろ
spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
広報こうほう
public relations; PR; publicity; public information; publicizing
広々ひろびろ
extensive; spacious
広島ひろしま
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
広がりひろがり
spread; span; expanse; extent
広まるひろまる
to spread; to be propagated
広めるひろめる
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to disseminate; to broaden
広範囲こうはんい
extensive; vast range; wide scope
幅広いはばひろい
extensive; wide; broad
広葉樹こうようじゅ
broadleaf tree; broad-leaved tree
広まりひろまり
spread

Additional Examples

彼は長広舌をふるった。
He drew out his speech.tatoeba
彼は勢力範囲を広げようとした。
He tried to enlarge his sphere of influence.tatoeba
彼は新聞の広告に応募して職を得た。
He answered an advertisement in the paper and got the job.tatoeba
広い安全な場所が必要。
This needs a large safe place.wiki
電車運転不調の謝罪広告
Apology in a Newspaper for Bad Train Operationwiki
- 京都広告写真家協会発足
The Kyoto Advertising Photographers' Society was formed.wiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Wide. 广 (shelter) + 厶 — a large open space under a roof.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 広

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step