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Kanji 広: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 広: wide, broad, spacious

Key takeaways

Kanji 広: wide, broad, spacious. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

widebroadspacious

On reading

コウ

Kun reading

ひろ.いひろ.まるひろ.めるひろ.がるひろ.げる

Radical

广

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 広

wide, broad, spacious

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

广 + 厶

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine a building (广) that is large enough to contain many private (厶) rooms. When a building has plenty of room for individual private spaces, it is considered wide and spacious.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

コウ
  • 広告こうこく

    advertisement / commercial

Kun reading

ひろ.い
  • 広まるひろまる

    to spread / to become widespread

  • 広げるひろげる

    to spread / to expand / to enlarge

  • 広めるひろめる

    to spread / to make widely known

  • 広がるひろがる

    to spread / to extend / to reach

  • 広いひろい

    spacious / wide

Commonly used words

  • 広告
    こうこく

    advertisement / commercial

  • 広まる
    ひろまる

    to spread / to become widespread

  • 広げる
    ひろげる

    to spread / to expand / to enlarge

  • 広める
    ひろめる

    to spread / to make widely known

  • 広がる
    ひろがる

    to spread / to extend / to reach

  • 広い
    ひろい

    spacious / wide

Example sentences

Example 1

新しい技術が世界中にまった。

Translation

The new technology spread throughout the world.

Example 2

その噂はすぐに学校中にまった。

Translation

That rumor quickly spread throughout the school.

Example 3

新聞をげて読む。

Translation

I spread out the newspaper to read.

Example 4

話の範囲をげる。

Translation

I broaden the scope of the conversation.

Kanji 広: wide, broad, spacious | Daily Nihongo