広

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See also: 廣, 广, and 厷
広 U+5E83, 広
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E83
← 庂
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 庄 →

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
5 strokes
Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Glyph origin

Simplified from 廣 (黃 → 厶); shinjitai. First attested in 1891, influenced by 鑛 → 鉱.[1]

Han character

広 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈 (II) or 難戈戈 (XII), four-corner 00230, composition ⿸广厶)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 343, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9224
  • Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 873, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5E83
  1. ^ Mari Yamashita, 「広」の字体について―略字体の出現時期とその要因―, 2011

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 広 – see 廣 (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; many; numerous; multitudinous; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 廣).

Japanese

Shinjitai

広

Kyūjitai

廣

Kanji

広

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廣)

  1. vast, wide

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

Most likely a nominalization of Classical Japanese adjective 広し (hiroshi), modern 広い (hiroi, “spacious, vast, wide”).

広(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

広 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

  1. Alternative form of 廣 (“hanja form? of 광 (“vast”)”)

References

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