廣

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See also: 广, 広, and 癀
廣 U+5EE3, 廣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3
← 廢
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廤 →

Translingual

Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Han character

廣 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 00286, composition ⿸广黃(HTJK) or ⿸广黄(GV))

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
  • Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 897, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5EE3

Chinese

trad. 廣
simp. 广*
alternative forms 広
𭙛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廣
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋʔ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • kóng - literary;
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • guang2 - literary;
  • geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).
Rime
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古晃切
Baxter kwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kwɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwong2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷˁaŋʔ/
English wide

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
No. 5368
Phonetic
component 		黄
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		廣
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions

廣

  1. broad; wide; extensive; vast
  2. many; numerous; multitudinous
  3. to expand; to enlarge
  4. common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
  5. Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
  6. Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
  7. (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
  8. † width; breadth
  9. a surname: Guang
Synonyms
  • (broad):
  • (many):
  • (to expand):
  • (common):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廣):
  • → Japanese: 広(こう) (kō)
  • → Korean: 광(廣) (gwang)
  • → Vietnamese: quảng (廣)

Others:

Pronunciation 2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwangH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
English distance from east to west

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

廣

  1. † to measure width
  2. † distance from east to west

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

廣

  1. † Alternative form of 曠／旷 (kuàng)
  2. † Alternative form of 壙／圹 (kuàng)

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

廣

  1. † Used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉／骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
  2. † Alternative form of 光

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

広

Kyūjitai

廣

Kanji

廣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

  1. broad
  2. wide
  3. spacious

Readings

Korean

Alternative forms

Hanja

廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

  1. Hanja form? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 4.

Vietnamese

Han character

廣: Hán Nôm readings: quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng

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