拡 – broaden, extend, expand

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The kanji 拡 means broaden, extend, expand, enlarge. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク、コウ (kaku, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひろ.がる、ひろ.げる、ひろ.める (hirogaru, hirogeru, hiromeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	ひろ.がる	hirogaru
Kun’yomi	ひろ.げる	hirogeru
Kun’yomi	ひろ.める	hiromeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 厶・广・扎.

Words using 拡

拡大かくだいexpansion拡充かくじゅうexpansion拡張かくちょうexpansion拡散かくさんspreading

Example sentences

今年は事業が５０％拡大した。

The business has expanded by 50% this year.

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この顕微鏡は物を１００倍に拡大する。

This microscope magnifies objects by 100 times.

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教育施設を拡充する金をもっと多くと望んでいる。

People want more money to expand educational institutions.

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Kanji with the same radical

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