See also: 广, , and
U+5EE3, 廣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3

[U+5EE2]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5EE4]

Translingual edit

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 广

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 00286, composition 广(HTJK) or 广(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.
simp. 广*
alternative forms
𭙛

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
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
           

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

Pronunciation 1 edit


Note:
  • kóng - literary;
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note:
  • guang2 - literary;
  • geng2 - vernacular (used in place names).
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (102)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    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
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5368
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʷaːŋʔ/

    Definitions edit

    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 ():
    • Japanese: (こう) ()
    • Korean: 광(廣) (gwang)
    • Vietnamese: quảng ()

    Others:

    Pronunciation 2 edit



    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    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

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

    Pronunciation 3 edit


    Definitions edit

    1. Alternative form of (kuàng)
    2. Alternative form of (kuàng)

    Pronunciation 4 edit


    Definitions edit

    1. Used in 闋廣阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉骙𱄾 (juéguāng)
    2. Alternative form of

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Shinjitai

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji edit

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for nameskyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. broad
    2. wide
    3. spacious

    Readings edit

    Korean edit

    Alternative forms edit

    Hanja edit

    (eumhun 넓을 (neolbeul gwang))

    1. Hanja form? of (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

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