广
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wide; numerous; to spread
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #383 U+5E7F
How 广 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building
How to remember it
extensive · Heisig RSH #556
cliff + house — as a component also called: cave
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 广 as their sound component
These characters all use 广 (guǎng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 广 sound component | guǎng | broad, vast, wide; building, house |
| 矿 | kuàng | mine; mineral, ore |
| 犷 | guǎng | fierce, rude, uncivilized |
| 圹 | kuàng | tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness |
| 纩 | kuàng | cotton, silk |
| 邝 | kuàng | surname |
Words containing 广
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 特拉法尔加广场 | Tè lā fǎ ěr jiā guǎng chǎng | Trafalgar Square (London) |
| 广水市 | Guǎng shuǐ Shì | Guangshui, a county-level city in Suizhou City 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 特拉法加广场 | Tè lā fǎ jiā Guǎng chǎng | Trafalgar Square (London) |
| 天安门广场 | Tiān ān mén Guǎng chǎng | Tiananmen Square |
| 广安区 | Guǎng ān Qū | Guang'an, a district of Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 神通广大 | shén tōng guǎng dà | (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities |
| 广安市 | Guǎng ān Shì | Guang'an, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 广东海洋大学 | Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xué | Guangdong Ocean University |
| 广平县 | Guǎng píng Xiàn | Guangping, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 广德市 | Guǎng dé Shì | Guangde, a county-level city in Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 广南县 | Guǎng nán Xiàn | Guangnan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[We… |
| 广安门 | Guǎng ān mén | Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing |
| 广东人 | Guǎng dōng rén | Cantonese (people) |
| 广阳区 | Guǎng yáng Qū | Guangyang, a district of Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 广河县 | Guǎng hé Xiàn | Guanghe, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Z… |
| 广州市 | Guǎng zhōu Shì | Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Shen… |
| 广开言路 | guǎng kāi yán lù | to encourage the free airing of views (idiom) |
| 广交会 | Guǎng Jiāo Huì | China Export Commodities Fair also known as the Canton Fair |
| 广州日报 | Guǎng zhōu Rì bào | Guangzhou Daily |
| 广大 | guǎng dà | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous |