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Translingual
Han character
擴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手戈廿金 (QITC), four-corner 50086, composition ⿰扌廣)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12895
- Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1975, character 6
- Unihan data for U+64F4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 僙
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*kʷaːŋ
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| 廣
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*kʷaːŋʔ
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| 鄺
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*kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
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| 懬
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*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
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| 爌
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*kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
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| 曠
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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| 矌
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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| 壙
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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| 纊
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*kʰʷaːŋs
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| 黃
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 璜
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 潢
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*ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
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| 簧
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 癀
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 鱑
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 獚
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 蟥
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 趪
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*ɡʷaːŋ
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| 櫎
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*ɡʷaːŋʔ
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| 擴
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*ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
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| 瀇
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*qʷaːŋʔ
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| 獷
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*kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
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| 觵
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*kʷraːŋ
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| 礦
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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| 鑛
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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| 穬
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*kʷraːŋʔ
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| 橫
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*ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
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| 黌
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 鐄
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*ɡʷraːŋ
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| 嚝
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*qʰʷraːŋ
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| 彉
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*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
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| 彍
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*kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ) – to stretch or enlarge with hands.
Etymology
Compared by Luce (1981) to Burmese ခင်း (hkang:, “to spread, roll out”), though there are phonetic problems, particularly with the final consonants.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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擴
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kuò
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khwak ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʷʰˁak/
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| English
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widen
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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擴
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擴
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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5390
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5407
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Phonetic
component
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黄
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黄
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Rime
group
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陽
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鐸
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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攩
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡʷlaːŋs/
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/*kʰʷaːɡ/
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| Notes
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同攩
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見孟子
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Definitions
擴
- to expand; to enlarge; to stretch
- 擴充／扩充 ― kuòchōng ― to enlarge
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
擴
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拡)
- broaden
Readings
Korean
Hanja
擴 • (hwak, gwang) (hangeul 확, 광, revised hwak, gwang, McCune–Reischauer hwak, kwang, Yale hwak, kwang)
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Vietnamese
Han character
擴: Hán Nôm readings: quẳng, huếch, khoác, khoách, khuếch
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