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Translingual
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
- 鑛, 礦, 擴, 曠, 鄺, 壙, 纊, 儣, 爌, 櫎, 瀇, 穬, 懭, 嚝, 矌, 㼅, 彍, 獷, 䊯, 𤳱, 𢌌, 𩧉, 𪍿, 𠢹, 𢌊, 兤, 懬
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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僙
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*kʷaːŋ
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廣
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*kʷaːŋʔ
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鄺
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*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
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懬
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*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
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爌
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*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
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曠
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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矌
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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壙
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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纊
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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黃
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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璜
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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潢
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
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簧
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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癀
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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鱑
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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獚
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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蟥
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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趪
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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櫎
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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擴
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*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
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瀇
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*qʷaːŋʔ
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獷
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*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
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觵
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*kʷraːŋ
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礦
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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鑛
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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穬
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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橫
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*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
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黌
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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鐄
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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嚝
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*qʰʷraːŋ
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彉
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*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
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彍
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*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʷaːŋʔ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): guǎng (guang3)
- (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guang3
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуон (guon, II)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwong2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): gong2
- Gan (Wiktionary): guong3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): kóng
- (Hailu, HRS): gongˋ
- (Meixian, Guangdong): guong3
- Jin (Wiktionary): guon2
- Northern Min (KCR): guǎng
- Eastern Min (BUC): guōng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): kóng / kńg / kúiⁿ
- (Teochew, Peng'im): guang2 / geng2
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5kuaon
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guan3
Note:
- kóng - literary;
- kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
- guang2 - literary;
- geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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廣
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Reading #
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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guǎng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwangX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷˁaŋʔ/
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English
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wide
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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廣
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5368
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Phonetic component
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黄
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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廣
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷaːŋʔ/
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Definitions
廣
- broad; wide; extensive; vast
- many; numerous; multitudinous
- to expand; to enlarge
- common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
- Short for 廣州/广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
- Short for 廣東/广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
- (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
- † width; breadth
- a surname: Guang
Synonyms
- 光大 (guāngdà)
- 宏大 (hóngdà)
- 寬大/宽大 (kuāndà)
- 寬闊/宽阔 (kuānkuò)
- 巨大 (jùdà)
- 廣大/广大 (guǎngdà)
- 廣闊/广阔 (guǎngkuò)
- 龐/庞 (literary, or in compounds)
- 龐大/庞大 (pángdà)
- 洪大 (hóngdà)
- 浩大 (hàodà)
- 無邊/无边 (wúbiān)
- 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
- 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
- 蕩/荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
- 遼闊/辽阔 (liáokuò)
- 一系列 (yīxìliè)
- 不少 (bùshǎo)
- 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
- 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
- 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
- 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
- 好些 (hǎoxiē)
- 好多 (hǎoduō)
- 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
- 幾多/几多 (gei2 do1) (Cantonese)
- 廣大/广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
- 延延 (yányán) (literary)
- 很多 (hěnduō)
- 𣍐少/𫧃少 (Hokkien)
- 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
- 浩繁 (hàofán)
- 百
- 眾多/众多 (zhòngduō)
- 繁多 (fánduō)
- 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
- 許多/许多 (xǔduō)
- 諸多/诸多 (zhūduō)
- 颮颮/飑飑 (literary)
- 共通 (gòngtōng)
- 廣泛/广泛 (guǎngfàn)
- 普通 (pǔtōng)
- 普遍
- 泛濫/泛滥 (fànlàn) (archaic)
- 流行 (liúxíng)
- 遍 (literary, or in compounds)
Compounds
Descendants
Others:
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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廣
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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guǎng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kwangH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
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English
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distance from east to west
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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.
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Definitions
廣
- † to measure width
- † distance from east to west
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
廣
- † Alternative form of 曠/旷 (kuàng)
- † Alternative form of 壙/圹 (kuàng)
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
廣
- † Used in 闋廣/阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉/骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
- † Alternative form of 光
References
Japanese
Kanji
廣
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)
- broad
- wide
- spacious
Readings
Korean
Hanja
廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))
- hanja form? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”)
Compounds
- 광고 (廣告, gwanggo, “advertisement”)
- 광대 (廣大, gwangdae, “vastness”)
- 광동 (廣東, Gwangdong, “Guangdong”)
- 광범위 (廣範圍, gwangbeomwi, “large extent”)
- 광역 (廣域, gwang'yeok, “large area”)
- 광활 (廣闊, gwanghwal, “spaciousness”)
- 장광설 (長廣舌, janggwangseol, “long-winded yarn”)
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