Wiktionary

廣

See also: 广, 広, and 癀
廣 U+5EE3, 廣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3
← 廢
[U+5EE2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廤 →
[U+5EE4]

Translingual edit

Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Han character edit

廣 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 00286, composition ⿸广黃(HTJK) or ⿸广黄(GV))

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
  • Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 897, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5EE3

Chinese edit

trad. 廣
simp. 广*
alternative forms 広
𭙛

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 廣
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
           
Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷaːŋʔ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Note:
  • kóng - literary;
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • guang2 - literary;
  • geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).
Rime
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古晃切
Baxter kwangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/kuɑŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kuɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kwɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		guǎng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gwong2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷˁaŋʔ/
English wide

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
No. 5368
Phonetic
component 		黄
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		廣
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions edit

廣

  1. broad; wide; extensive; vast
  2. many; numerous; multitudinous
  3. to expand; to enlarge
  4. common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
  5. Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
  6. Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
  7. (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
  8. † width; breadth
  9. a surname: Guang
Synonyms edit
  • (broad):
  • (many):
  • (to expand):
  • (common):

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (廣):
  • → Japanese: 広(こう) (kō)
  • → Korean: 광(廣) (gwang)
  • → Vietnamese: quảng (廣)

Others:

Pronunciation 2 edit

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		guǎng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwangH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
English distance from east to west

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions edit

廣

  1. † to measure width
  2. † distance from east to west

Pronunciation 3 edit

Definitions edit

廣

  1. † Alternative form of 曠／旷 (kuàng)
  2. † Alternative form of 壙／圹 (kuàng)

Pronunciation 4 edit

Definitions edit

廣

  1. † Used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉／骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
  2. † Alternative form of 光

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

広

Kyūjitai

廣

Kanji edit

廣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

  1. broad
  2. wide
  3. spacious

Readings edit

Korean edit

Alternative forms edit

Hanja edit

廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

  1. Hanja form? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 4. [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

廣: Hán Nôm readings: quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng

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