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広 — wide, broad, spacious

ひろ広 wide

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes size

U+5E83 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #263 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #739 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wide
broad
spacious

word

ひろ hiro Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

広(ひろ) hiro wide 広(ひろ) い hiroi wide 広(ひろ) がる hirogaru to spread 広(ひろ) げる hirogeru to spread 広(ひろ) 場(ば) hiroba plaza 広(ひろ) まる hiromaru to spread 広(ひろ) める hiromeru to spread 広(ひろ) がり hirogari spread

こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

広(こう) 大(だい) koudai vast 広(こう) 告(こく) koukoku advertisement 広(こう) 報(ほう) kouhou public relations 広(こう) 域(いき) kouiki wide area 広(こう) 範(はん) kouhan wide-ranging 広(こう) 範(はん) 囲(い) kouhani wide range

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

広東(かんとん) kanton Canton

Stroke order

1
2
3
4
5

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

广 slanting roof

厶 private

Used as component in (2)

こう鉱 mineral かく拡 broaden

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#53 广 dotted cliff