See also: , 广, and
U+5E83, 広
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E83

[U+5E82]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5E84]

Translingual

Stroke order (Japan)
Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 广

Glyph origin

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

Han character

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

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

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. vast, wide

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kòó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ː]

Affix

(こう) • (くわう (kwau)?

  1. wide

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ひろ(し)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Most likely a nominalization of Classical Japanese adjective (ひろ) (hiroshi), modern (ひろ) (hiroi, spacious, vast, wide).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろし [híꜜròshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [çiɾo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

(ひろし) • (Hiroshi

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 넓을 (neolbeul gwang))

  1. alternative form of (hanja form? of (vast))

References