闊

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See also: 阔
闊 U+95CA, 闊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95CA
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Translingual

Han character

闊 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓水竹口 (ANEHR), four-corner 77164, composition ⿵門活)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1338, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41429
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4310, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+95CA

Chinese

trad. 闊
simp. 阔
2nd round simp. ⿵门舌
alternative forms 濶
𨶖
䦢
𨴿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (桰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咶 *qʰroːds, *qʰroːds, *ɡroːd
話 *ɡroːds
刮 *kroːd
鴰 *kroːd, *koːd
趏 *kroːd, *kʰroːd
舌 *ɡroːd, *ɦbljed
姡 *ɡroːd, *ɡoːd
頢 *ɡroːd, *koːd
括 *koːd
活 *koːd, *ɡoːd
适 *koːd, *kʰoːd
栝 *koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
佸 *koːd, *ɡoːd
髺 *koːd
聒 *koːd
銛 *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
葀 *koːd
懖 *koːd
筈 *koːd, *kʰoːd
萿 *koːd
蛞 *kʰoːd
闊 *kʰoːd
秳 *ɡoːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰoːd) : semantic 門 (“gate; door”) + phonetic 活 (OC *koːd, *ɡoːd)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • khoat - literary;
  • khoah - vernacular (“broad; big”).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 闊
Mandarin Beijing /kʰuo⁵¹/
Harbin /kʰuo⁵³/
Tianjin /kʰuo⁵³/
Jinan /kʰuə²¹³/
Qingdao /kʰuə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /kʰuo²⁴/
Xi'an /kʰuo²¹/
Xining /kʰu⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰuə¹³/
Lanzhou /kʰuə¹³/
Ürümqi /kʰuɤ²¹³/
Wuhan /kʰuo²¹³/
Chengdu /kʰue³¹/
Guiyang /kʰuɛ²¹/
Kunming /kʰo³¹/
Nanjing /kʰueʔ⁵/
Hefei /kʰuɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /kʰuaʔ²/
Pingyao /kʰuʌʔ¹³/
Hohhot /kʰuaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /kʰuəʔ⁵/
Suzhou /kʰuəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /kʰuoʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /kʰo²¹³/
Hui Shexian /kʰuaʔ²¹/
Tunxi /kʰuːə⁵/
Xiang Changsha /kʰo²⁴/
Xiangtan /kʰo²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /kʰuɵʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /fat̚¹/
Taoyuan /fɑt̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /fut̚³/
Nanning /fut̚³³/
Hong Kong /fut̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰuat̚³²/
/kʰuaʔ³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰuɑʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰuɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰuaʔ²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xua⁵⁵/
Rime
Character 闊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 末 (64)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦栝切
Baxter khwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰuɑt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰʷɑt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰuɑt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰwat̚/
Li
Rong 		/kʰuɑt̚/
Wang
Li 		/kʰuɑt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰuɑt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 闊 闊
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kuò kuò
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khwat › ‹ khwat ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʰˁot/ /*ʷʰˁat/
English 契闊 khet.khwat hard-working (Ode 31.4) widely apart

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 闊
Reading # 1/1
No. 7584
Phonetic
component 		桰
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰoːd/

Definitions

闊

  1. broad; wide
    闊步／阔步  ―  kuòbù  ―  to take big strides
    廣闊／广阔  ―  guǎngkuò  ―  vast and wide
  2. rich; wealthy
    闊綽／阔绰  ―  kuòchuò  ―  extravagant; ostentatious
  3. empty; impractical
    迂闊／迂阔  ―  yūkuò  ―  high-sounding and impractical
  4. (Hokkien) big (of someone's mouth)

Synonyms

  • (broad):
Dialectal synonyms of 寬 (“wide; broad”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 寬
Mandarin Beijing 寬
Taiwan 寬
Harbin 寬
Yantai (Muping) 寬
Jinan 寬
Luoyang 寬
Wanrong 寬
Xi'an 寬
Xining 寬
Ürümqi 寬
Wuhan 寬
Chengdu 寬
Guiyang 寬
Liuzhou 寬
Xuzhou 寬
Yangzhou 寬, 闊
Nanjing 寬
Hefei 闊
Cantonese Guangzhou 闊
Hong Kong 闊
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 闊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 闊
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 闊
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 闊
Macau 闊
Guangzhou (Panyu) 闊
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 闊
Guangzhou (Conghua) 闊
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 闊
Foshan 闊
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 闊
Foshan (Shunde) 闊
Foshan (Sanshui) 闊
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 闊
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 闊
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 闊
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 闊
Zhuhai (Doumen) 闊
Jiangmen (Baisha) 闊
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 闊
Taishan 闊
Kaiping (Chikan) 闊
Enping (Niujiang) 闊
Heshan (Yayao) 闊
Dongguan 闊
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 闊
Qingyuan 闊
Fogang 闊
Yingde (Hanguang) 闊
Yangshan 闊
Lianshan (Butian) 闊
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 闊
Shaoguan 闊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 闊
Renhua 闊
Lechang 闊
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 闊
Sihui 闊
Guangning 寬
Deqing 闊
Huaiji 闊
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 闊
Yunfu 闊
Xinxing 闊
Luoding 闊
Yunan (Pingtai) 闊
Yangjiang 闊
Xinyi 闊
Lianjiang 闊
Nanning 闊
Wuzhou 闊
Yulin 闊
Hepu (Lianzhou) 闊
Guiping 闊
Mengshan (Xihe) 闊
Guigang (Nanjiang) 闊
Beiliu (Tangliao) 闊
Baise 闊
Bobai 闊
Lingshan 闊
Pubei 闊
Qinzhou 闊
Beihai 闊
Ningming 闊
Hengzhou 闊
Hezhou (Pumen) 闊
Danzhou 闊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 闊
Gan Nanchang 寬, 闊
Lichuan 寬, 闊
Pingxiang 闊
Hakka Meixian 闊
Xingning 闊
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 闊
Huidong (Daling) 闊
Dongguan (Qingxi) 闊
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 闊
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 闊
Wuhua (Huacheng) 闊
Heyuan (Bendihua) 闊
Wengyuan 闊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 闊
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 闊
Liannan 闊
Conghua (Lütian) 闊
Jiexi 闊
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 闊
Changting 闊
Wuping 闊
Wuping (Yanqian) 闊
Wuping (Pingyu) 闊
Liancheng 闊
Ninghua 闊, 寬
Yudu 寬, 闊
Ningdu 闊
Ruijin 闊
Shicheng 闊
Shangyou (Shexi) 闊
Tonggu (Sandu) 闊
Ganzhou (Panlong) 寬
Dayu 闊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 闊
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 闊
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 闊
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 闊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 闊
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 闊
Hong Kong 闊
Mengshan (Xihe) 闊
Luchuan 闊
Senai (Huiyang) 闊
Huizhou Jixi 闊
Jin Taiyuan 寬
Xinzhou 寬
Northern Min Jian'ou 闊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 闊, 寬
Changle 闊
Fuqing 闊
Yongtai 闊
Gutian 闊
Fu'an 闊
Ningde 闊
Shouning 闊
Zhouning 闊
Fuding 闊
Southern Min Xiamen 闊
Quanzhou 闊
Zhangzhou 闊
Taipei 闊
Kaohsiung 闊
Yilan 闊
Changhua (Lukang) 闊
Taichung 闊
Taichung (Wuqi) 闊
Tainan 闊
Taitung 闊
Hsinchu 闊
Penghu (Magong) 闊
Manila (Hokkien) 闊
Chaozhou 寬
Shantou 闊, 寬
Shantou (Chenghai) 闊
Jieyang 闊, 寬
Haifeng 闊
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 闊
Haikou 闊
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 闊
Wu Shanghai 闊
Suzhou 闊
Danyang 寬, 闊
Hangzhou 闊
Ningbo 闊
Wenzhou 闊
Jinhua 闊
Xiang Changsha 寬, 闊
Shuangfeng 寬, 闊
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
  • (rich):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “broad”): 窄 (zhǎi)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

闊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

闊 • (hwal) (hangeul 활, revised hwal, McCune–Reischauer hwal, Yale hwal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

闊: Hán Nôm readings: khoát, khoắt

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