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 edit

Stroke order

Traditional	廣
Shinjitai	広
Simplified	广

Han character edit

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Radical 53 广

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

Kangxi radical #53, ⼴.

Derived characters edit

Appendix:Chinese radical/广
疒, 𫩕, 圹, 㚧, 𭚦, 扩, 㲿, 犷, 𨸘, 旷, 𤆓, 矿, 纩, 𧈴, 𧿈, 𬪺, 𠚳, 邝
応, 唐, 𢈲, 席, 㐣, 𣒷, 䨾, 鹿, 麻, 䧹, 㥷, 𩾦, 𪎒, 慶, 𢳁, 𢳅, 緳, 𨌱, 𡢦, 𨍗, 𪗆, 𮚥, 𩐕, 𦉨, 𥳁, 䧪, 𤊭, 𦀫, 𨭤

Descendants edit

ㄬ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References edit

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 edit

Glyph origin edit

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 that is built to depend on a cliff.

Etymology 1 edit

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see 庵 (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; monastery or nunnery; etc.”). (This character, 广, 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 edit

simp. and trad.		广

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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/

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	/ŋˠiᴇm^X/	/ŋɨɐm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛm^X/	/ŋiɐm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæm^X/	/ŋiɐm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiam^X/	/ŋɨam^X/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛm^X/	/ŋiɐm^X/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛm^X/	/ŋĭɐm^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛm^X/	/ŋi̯ɐm^X/
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 edit

广

^† house built to depend on a cliff

References edit

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

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

广

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

dotted cliff
canopy

Readings edit

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

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

Hanja edit

广 (eumhun 집 엄 (jip eom))

Etymology 2 edit

Hanja edit

广 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

Etymology 3 edit

Hanja edit

广 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))