Kanji 広

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ: ひろ
ひろがる・ひろげる

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: まだれ(广)

Meaning

Wide / Broad / Spacious / Expand

Conjugation
Tap for 広げる (spread) Tap for 広がる (expand)
  • 広域こういき — wide area
  • 広告こうこく — advertisement
  • 広場ひろば — plaza, square
  • 広大こうだい — vast, immense
  • 広報こうほう — public relations
More examples - tap to expand
  • 広義こうぎ — broad sense
  • 広角こうかく — wide angle
  • 広島ひろしま — Hiroshima
  • 広辞苑こうじえん — Kōjien (famous dictionary)
  • ひろげる — to unfold; to carry out (events, drama)

The character 広 combines a roof-like shape (广) with a phonetic element, originally suggesting a wide shelter or space. It conveys the idea of something broad, open, or spreading — and is used in both physical and abstract senses such as area, influence, or reach.

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