廣

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See also: 广, 広, and 癀

廣	U+5EE3, 廣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional	廣
Shinjitai	広
Simplified	广

Han character

廣 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 0028₆, composition ⿸广黃(HTJK) or ⿸广黄(GV))

Derived characters

鑛, 礦, 擴, 曠, 鄺, 壙, 纊, 儣, 爌, 櫎, 瀇, 穬, 懭, 嚝, 矌, 㼅, 彍, 獷, 䊯, 𤳱, 𢌌, 𩧉, 𪍿, 𠢹, 𢌊, 兤, 懬

Descendants

広, 广 (simplified forms)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 897, character 4
Unihan data for U+5EE3

Chinese

trad.		廣
simp.		广^*
alternative forms		広𭙛𲅅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廣
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	kʷaːŋʔ, qʰʷaːŋ
懬	kʰʷaːŋʔ, kʰaːŋʔ
爌	kʰʷaːŋʔ, kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	ɡʷlaːŋs, kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	kʷaŋʔ, kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	ɡʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	kʷaːɡ, qʰʷaːɡ
彍	kʷaːɡ, qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷaːŋʔ): semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): guǎng (guang³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guang³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гуон (guon, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwong²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gong²
Gan (Wiktionary): guong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kóng

(Hailu, HRS): gong^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): guong³
Jin (Wiktionary): guon²
Northern Min (KCR): guǎng
Eastern Min (BUC): guōng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kóng / kńg / kúiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² / geng²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kuaon
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kuang³
  - Yale: gwǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goang
  - Palladius: гуан (guan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: guang³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гуон (guon, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɑŋ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gwong²
  - Yale: gwóng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: guong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɔŋ²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong³
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guong³
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɔŋ³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: guon²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuɒ̃⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guǎng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guōng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng
  - Tâi-lô: kóng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korng
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kńg
  - Tâi-lô: kńg
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngr
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kŋ̍⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuínn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuĩ⁵³/

Note:

kóng - literary;
kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: guang² / geng²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng / kṳ́ng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²/, /kɯŋ⁵²/

Note:

guang2 - literary;
geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kuaon
  - MiniDict: kuaon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuɑ̃³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: guan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯an⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: kwangX

Rime
Character	廣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	古晃切
Baxter	kwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwɑŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɑŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɑŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwaŋ^X/
Li Rong	/kuɑŋ^X/
Wang Li	/kuɑŋ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwɑŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwong²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaŋʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʷaːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廣
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwang^X ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaŋʔ/
English	wide
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	廣
Reading #	1/1
No.	5368
Phonetic component	黄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	廣
Old Chinese	/*kʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions

廣

broad; wide; extensive; vast
many; numerous; multitudinous
to expand; to enlarge
common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
- c. 1733, 藍鼎元, 論南洋事宜書; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 賀長齡 [He Changling], editors, 皇朝經世文編, 1826:
  
  閩廣人稠地狹，田園不足於耕。望海謀生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  闽广人稠地狭，田园不足于耕。望海谋生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  Mǐn Guǎng rén chóu dì xiá, tiányuán bù zú yú gēng. Wàng hǎi móushēng, shí jū wǔ liù.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) width; breadth
a surname, Guang

Synonyms

(broad):

光大 (guāngdà)
宏大 (hóngdà)
寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
寬闊 / 宽阔 (kuānkuò)
巨大 (jùdà)
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà)
廣闊 / 广阔 (guǎngkuò)
龐 / 庞 (literary, or in compounds)
龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
洪大 (hóngdà)
浩大 (hàodà)
無邊 / 无边 (wúbiān)
甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)

(many):

一系列 (yīxìliè)
不少 (bùshǎo)
不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
好些 (hǎoxiē)
好多 (hǎoduō)
孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
幾多 / 几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
很多 (hěnduō)
𣍐少 / 𫧃少 (Hokkien)
浩瀚 (hàohàn)
浩繁 (hàofán)
百
眾多 / 众多 (zhòngduō)
繁多 (fánduō)
萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
許多 / 许多 (xǔduō)
諸多 / 诸多 (zhūduō)
颮颮 / 飑飑 (literary)

(to expand):

壯大 / 壮大 (zhuàngdà)
張皇 / 张皇 (zhānghuáng) (literary)
擴充 / 扩充 (kuòchōng)
擴大 / 扩大 (kuòdà)
擴展 / 扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
擴張 / 扩张 (kuòzhāng)
放
開拓 / 开拓 (kāituò)

(common):

共通 (gòngtōng)
廣泛 / 广泛 (guǎngfàn)
普通 (pǔtōng)
普遍 (pǔbiàn)
泛 (fàn)
泛濫 / 泛滥 (fànlàn) (archaic)
流行 (liúxíng)
遍 (biàn) (literary, or in compounds)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (廣):

→ Japanese: 広(こう) (kō)
→ Korean: 광(廣) (gwang)
→ Vietnamese: quảng (廣)

Others:

→ Ahom: 𑜀𑜡𑜂𑜫 (kāṅ, “width,measure”)
→ Bouyei: gvaangs
→ Lao: ກວ້າງ (kuāng, “wide, broad”)
→ Thai: กว้าง (gwâang, “wide, broad”)
→ Northern Thai: ᨠ᩠ᩅ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ
→ Lü: ᦦᦱᧂᧉ (k̇waang²)
→ Shan: ၵႂၢင်ႈ (kwāang)
→ Zhuang: gvangq

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guàng (guang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guàng
  - Wade–Giles: kuang⁴
  - Yale: gwàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanq
  - Palladius: гуан (guan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤaŋʔ-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廣
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ kwang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
English	distance from east to west
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.

Definitions

廣

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to measure width
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) distance from east to west

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuàng (kuang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuàng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴
  - Yale: kwàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanq
  - Palladius: куан (kuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

廣

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 曠 / 旷 (kuàng)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 壙 / 圹 (kuàng)

Pronunciation 4

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāng (guang¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guang
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹
  - Yale: gwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guang
  - Palladius: гуан (guan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

廣

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉 / 骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 光

References

“廣”, 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–

Japanese

Shinjitai	広
Kyūjitai	廣

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 廣

廣

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

Readings

Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 廣い)、ひろば (hiroba)、ひろまる (hiromaru, 廣まる)、ひろめる (hiromeru, 廣める)、ひろがる (hirogaru, 廣がる)、ひろげる (hirogeru, 廣げる)

Korean

Alternative forms

광 (広, gwang)

Hanja

廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

hanja form^? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”)

Compounds

광고 (廣告, gwanggo, “advertisement”)
광대 (廣大, gwangdae, “vastness”)
광동 (廣東, Gwangdong, “Guangdong”)
광범위 (廣範圍, gwangbeomwi, “large extent”)
광역 (廣域, gwang'yeok, “large area”)
광활 (廣闊, gwanghwal, “spaciousness”)
장광설 (長廣舌, janggwangseol, “long-winded yarn”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 4.

Vietnamese

Han character

廣: Hán Nôm readings: quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng

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