扩
to enlarge
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,783 U+6269
How 扩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
广 (semantic, “wide”) + 扌 (phonetic, shǒu)
How to remember it
enlarge · Heisig RSH #1863
fingers + cave
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 扌
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 扌 (shǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扌 sound component | shǒu | hand |
| 抒 | shū | to express; to pour out |
Words containing 扩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不扩散核武器条约 | Bù Kuò sàn Hé wǔ qì Tiáo yuē | Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
| 可扩展标记语言 | kě kuò zhǎn biāo jì yǔ yán | extensible markup language (XML) |
| 海底扩张说 | hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuō | theory of seafloor spreading (geology) |
| 气体扩散 | qì tǐ kuò sàn | gaseous diffusion |
| 扩大化 | kuò dà huà | to extend the scope; to exaggerate |
| 扩大再生产 | kuò dà zài shēng chǎn | to expand production; to reproduce on an extended scale |
| 扩音机 | kuò yīn jī | amplifier; loudspeaker; hearing aid |
| 核不扩散 | hé bù kuò sàn | nuclear nonproliferation |
| 扩音器 | kuò yīn qì | megaphone; loudspeaker; amplifier; microphone |
| 海底扩张 | hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng | seafloor spreading (geology) |
| 扩散周知 | kuò sàn zhōu zhī | to let everyone know; spread the word! |
| 扩胸器 | kuò xiōng qì | chest expander (exercise equipment) |
| 核扩散 | hé kuò sàn | nuclear proliferation |
| 扩展名 | kuò zhǎn míng | (file) extension (computing) |
| 扩大 | kuò dà | to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope |
| 扩音 | kuò yīn | to amplify (sound) |
| 扩增实境 | kuò zēng shí jìng | augmented reality (computing) |
| 扩展程序 | kuò zhǎn chéng xù | (computing) extension (for a software application, esp. web browsers) |
| 扩军 | kuò jūn | armament; to expand armed forces |
| 扩表 | kuò biǎo | to expand the balance sheet |