弘

弘 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓戈 (NI) or 難弓戈 (XNI), four-corner 1223₀, composition ⿰弓厶)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9709
• Dae Jaweon: page 673, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 990, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5F18

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷɯːŋ) : phonetic 弓 (OC *kʷɯŋ, “bow”) + semantic 口 (“mouth”) – the sound of a bow > a loud sound.

The 口 later corrupts into 厶 (the ancient form of 肱 (OC *kʷɯːŋ)), which Shuowen interprets to be the phonetic component of the character.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

弘

1. to spread; to enlarge; to expand
2. great; grand; magnificent; broad

   See also: 宏

3. a surname

• “弘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. to spread
2. wide

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 弘い)、ひろまる (hiromaru, 弘まる)、ひろめる (hiromeru, 弘める)

• 弘誓(ぐぜい) (guzei)
• 弘法(ぐほう) (guhō, “mission”)
• 弘遠(こうえん) (kōen)
• 弘済会(こうさいかい) (kōsaikai, “an association of wide relief”)
• 弘大(こうだい) (kōdai, “wide”)
• 弘道(こうどう) (kōdō, “mission”)
• 弘布(こうふ) (kōfu, “ぐぶ”), 弘布(ぐぶ) (gubu, “spread”)
• 弘報(こうほう) (kōhō, “publicity”)

弘(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name

弘(ひろむ) • (Hiromu) 

1. a male given name

弘 (eumhun 클 홍 (keul hong))

1. hanja form^? of 홍 (“big”)

弘: Hán Nôm readings: hoằng, ngoằng

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