拡 means broaden
extend, expand, enlarge
A hand spreads wide: expand.
On'yomi
- カクkaku
- コウkou
Kun'yomi
- ひろ(がる)hirogaru
- ひろ(げる)hirogeru
- ひろ(める)hiromeru
How it's built
- 扌hand
- 広
Common words
- 軍拡ぐんかくmilitary expansion; arms buildup
- 拡張かくちょうexpansion; extension
- 拡大かくだいexpansion; extension
- 拡充かくじゅうexpansion