擴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひろげる、ひろがる。
  2. ひろめる、ひろまる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「廣」。「ひろげる」「はる」を意味する漢語{擴}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

broaden, extend, expand, enlarge

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カク
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • ひろ(がる)
  • ひろ(げる)
  • ひろ(める)
Other languages
  • 拼音kuo4
  • 한글hwag
  • 한글gwang
  • Hán-ViệtKhoách
  • Hán-ViệtKhoáng

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+64F4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌廣

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-15
Four Corner
5008.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.25