广
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Translingual
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| Traditional | 廣 |
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| Shinjitai | 広 |
| Simplified | 广 |
Han character
广 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹 (YH), four-corner 00200, composition ⿱丶厂(GHTK) or ⿱丨厂(J))
- Kangxi radical #53, ⼴.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/广
- 疒, 𫩕, 圹, 㚧, 𭚦, 扩, 㲿, 犷, 𨸘, 旷, 𤆓, 矿, 纩, 𧈴, 𧿈, 𬪺, 𠚳, 邝
- 応, 唐, 𢈲, 席, 㐣, 𣒷, 䨾, 鹿, 麻, 䧹, 㥷, 𩾦, 𪎒, 慶, 𢳁, 𢳅, 緳, 𨌱, 𡢦, 𨍗, 𪗆, 𮚥, 𩐕, 𦉨, 𥳁, 䧪, 𤊭, 𦀫, 𨭤
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9221
- Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5E7F
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 广 | ||
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Pictogram (象形) : A house with a roof, similar to 宀. According to Wang Yun (王筠), the former character depicts a building with three walls, while the latter depicts a house with four walls.
Unrelated to 床 and 疒, in which it represents a bed. Unrelated to ⼚, which represents a cliff.
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 廣 (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; many; numerous; multitudinous; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 廣). |
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Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 庵 (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; monastery or nunnery; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 庵). |
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Etymology 3
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广 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
- Wade–Giles: yen3
- Yale: yǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
- Palladius: янь (janʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jim2
- Yale: yím
- Cantonese Pinyin: jim2
- Guangdong Romanization: yim2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːm³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: ngjemX, ngjaemX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋramʔ/, /*ŋamʔ/
Definitions
广
References
Japanese
Kanji
广
Readings
Korean
Etymology 1
Hanja
Etymology 2
Hanja
广 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))