曠

曠 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 日戈廿金 (AITC), four-corner 6008₆, composition ⿰日廣)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14245
• Dae Jaweon: page 871, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1539, character 17
• Unihan data for U+66E0

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷaːŋs) : semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ).

曠

1. (obsolete) bright; clear
2. broad; vast; extensive

   曠野／旷野  ―  kuàngyě  ―  wilderness

3. free from worries and petty ideas

   心曠神怡／心旷神怡  ―  xīnkuàngshényí  ―  carefree and happy

4. distant (in time)
5. loose-fitting
6. to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time)

   曠工／旷工  ―  kuànggōng  ―  to be absent from work without leave

   • 曠安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     旷安宅而弗居，舍正路而不由，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Kuàng ān zhái ér fú jū, shě zhènglù ér bù yóu, āi zāi!

     Alas for them, who leave the tranquil dwelling empty and do not reside in it, and who abandon the right path and do not pursue it?

   • 以義動則無曠事矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     以义动则无旷事矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Yǐ yì dòng zé wú kuàng shì yǐ.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. a surname

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昿)

1. wide open space, void
2. worthless

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: あら (ara, 曠)、あきらか (akiraka, 曠らか)、むなしい (munashii, 曠しい)、ひろい (hiroi, 曠い)
• Nanori: ひろし (hiroshi)

曠 • (gwang) (hangeul 광, revised gwang, McCune–Reischauer kwang, Yale kwang)

1. extensive, wide, broad
2. empty

曠: Hán Nôm readings: khoảng, khoáng, quãng, thoáng

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