広 — how to write the kanji for “wide”
広 means “wide”, “broad” and “spacious”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 263rd most used kanji. KANJIDIC2 gives it 1 on reading and 5 kun readings, so the word decides how you say it. Its parts sit one inside another: 广 (“shelter”, its radical), strokes 1–3; 厶 (“private”), strokes 4–5, each finished before the next. Its native reading hiro-i leads in its common words, as in 広い (“spacious”) and 広場 (“public square”); read kou it forms 広告 (“advertisement”).
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 广 (“shelter”)
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- ひろ·まる, ひろ·い, ひろ·める
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdownwards
- Left-falling-turn ㇜centerdown and left → rightwards
- Dot ㇔rightdown and right
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- コウ kou
- Kun (native)
- ひろ·まる hiro-maru, ひろ·い hiro-i (rare), ひろ·める hiro-meru (rare), ひろ·がる hiro-garu (rare), ひろ·げる hiro-geru (rare)
- Meanings
- wide; broad; spacious
- Read hiro-i
- 広い 広場 広がり 広げる 広さ 幅広い
- Read kou
- 広告 広報 広大 広範
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 263rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 광 gwang
- Common words
- 24 in JMdict
Words with 広
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 広告 | こうこく koukoku | advertisement; advertising |
| 広報 | こうほう kouhou | public relations; PR |
| 広い | ひろい hiroi | spacious; vast |
| 広場 | ひろば hiroba | public square; square |
| 広がり | ひろがり hirogari | spread; span |
| 広げる | ひろげる hirogeru | to spread; to extend |
| 広さ | ひろさ hirosa | area; extent |
| 幅広い | はばひろい habahiroi | extensive; wide |
| 広大 | こうだい koudai | vast; extensive |
| 広範 | こうはん kouhan | wide; extensive |
Most common first (JMdict).
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