拡 — broaden, extend, expand

かく拡 broaden

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+62E1 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #611 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #801 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

broaden
extend
expand
enlarge

word

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

拡(かく) 大(だい) kakudai expansion 拡(かく) 張(ちょう) kakuchou expansion 拡(かく) 散(さん) kakusan diffusion 拡(かく) 充(じゅう) kakujuu expansion

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

ひろ広 wide

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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.

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