広 – wide, broad, spacious

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The kanji 広 means wide, broad, spacious. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひろ.い、ひろ.まる、ひろ.める、ひろ.がる、ひろ.げる (hiroi, hiromaru, hiromeru, hirogaru, hirogeru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	ひろ.い	hiroi
Kun’yomi	ひろ.まる	hiromaru
Kun’yomi	ひろ.める	hiromeru
Kun’yomi	ひろ.がる	hirogaru
Kun’yomi	ひろ.げる	hirogeru

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: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 厶・广.

Words using 広

背広せびろbusiness suit広いひろいspacious広告こうこくadvertisement広がるひろがるto spread (out)広げるひろげるto spread広めるひろめるto spread広まるひろまるto spread広さひろさarea広場ひろばpublic square広々ひろびろextensive

Example sentences

私は新しい背広を買った。

I bought a new suit of clothes.

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ジョンソン氏の部屋は広かった。

Mr Johnson's was a large room.

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その商品はテレビで広告された。

The goods were advertised on TV.

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Kanji with the same radical

度府店座廃康庁庭庫底序床庶廊庇

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