広 (hiroi) Kanji Meaning: "Wide" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N455 of 1665 strokes

Drawing: Arms stretched out under a huge roof: wide.

広 means wide

broad, spacious

Arms stretched out under a huge roof: wide.

On'yomi

  • コウkou

Kun'yomi

  • ひろ(い)hiroi
  • ひろ(まる)hiromaru
  • ひろ(める)hiromeru
  • ひろ(がる)hirogaru
  • ひろ(げる)hirogeru

How it's built

  • 广awning
  • 厶private

Common words

  • 広いひろいspacious; vast
  • 広大こうだいvast; extensive
  • 広さひろさarea; extent
  • 広場ひろばpublic square; square

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 廣Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 廣Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 廣Seal
  4. Today
Written 廣 before Japan's postwar reform.

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