广

See also: 廣, 広, 厂, 疒, and ㄬ

广 U+5E7F, 广 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7F ← 幾 [U+5E7E] CJK Unified Ideographs 庀 → [U+5E80]

⼴ U+2F34, ⼴ KANGXI RADICAL DOTTED CLIFF ← ⼳ [U+2F33] Kangxi Radicals ⼵ → [U+2F35]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	廣
Shinjitai	広
Simplified	广

Han character

广 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹 (YH), four-corner 0020₀, composition ⿱丶厂(GHTK) or ⿱丨厂(J))

1. Kangxi radical #53, ⼴.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/广
• 疒, 圹, 㚧, 扩, 㲿, 犷, 旷, 矿, 纩, 邝, 応, 唐, 席, 㐣, 䨾, 鹿, 麻, 䧹, 㥷, 慶, 緳, 䧪

Additional Derived Characters

• 𫩕, 𭚦, 𨸘, 𤆓, 𧈴, 𧿈, 𬪺, 𠚳
• 𢈲, 𣒷, 𩾦, 𪎒, 𢳁, 𢳅, 𨌱, 𡢦, 𨍗, 𪗆, 𮚥, 𩐕, 𦉨, 𥳁, 𤊭, 𦀫, 𨭤

Descendants

• ㄬ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9221
• Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5E7F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 广
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形): A house with a roof, similar to 宀. According to Wang Yun (王筠), the former character depicts a building with three walls, while the latter depicts a house with four walls.

Unrelated to 床 and 疒, in which it represents a bed. Unrelated to ⼚, which represents a cliff.

Etymology 1

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 庵 (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; monastery or nunnery; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 庵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		广

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjemX, ngjaemX

Rime
Character	广	广
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鹽 (154)	嚴 (145)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚檢切	魚掩切
Baxter	ngjemX	ngjaemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇmX/	/ŋɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiamX/	/ŋɨamX/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛmX/	/ŋĭɐmX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛmX/	/ŋi̯ɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋramʔ/, /*ŋamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	广	广
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14326	14327
Phonetic component	广	广
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	顩
Old Chinese	/*ŋramʔ/	/*ŋamʔ/
Notes		垵由掩校改

Definitions

广

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) house built to depend on a cliff

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C03234

Japanese

Kanji

广

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dotted cliff
2. canopy

Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)
• Kun: ひろ (hiro)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

广 (eumhun 집 엄 (jip eom))

Etymology 2

Hanja

广 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

Etymology 3

Hanja

广 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))