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拡

Extend
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingカク
Kun readingひろ.げる

Verbs with «拡»

拡大する拡張する拡散する拡充する

Meanings

  1. extend
    彼の会社は事業を拡張している。His company is extending its business.tatoeba
  2. broadenRtK
  3. enlarge
  4. expand
    彼は研究の対象を拡大した。He expanded his research.tatoeba
    朝堂院形式整備拡充期。The period when Chodo-in (an office at the Heijo-kyo Palace) style was expanded.wiki
  1. spreading
  2. disseminating
  3. scattering
  4. diffusion (of light, gas)

Popular Usage

拡大拡充拡張拡散

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · wide · cave · elbow

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 801

Compound words

彼は商売を拡張しようと計画している。
He is planning to develop his business.tatoeba
日本経済は連続60ヶ月以上の拡大を記録した。
The Japanese economy recorded more than 60 months of continuous expansion.tatoeba
登録制度創設、拡充の背景
The establishment of registration system and the background of expansionwiki
歴史学の関心が拡散する中でこの論争は明確な解答を得ぬまま終息した。
The interest of historical science became diffused and the controversy came to an end without any clear result.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Expand. 扌 (hand) + 広 (wide) — pushing things wider by hand. 拡大 — enlargement.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 拡

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