Dong Chinese dictionary

kuò

broad

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 活 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén

door

活 Sound component

huó

live

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kuò

broad, ample, wide; be apart; rich; wide; broad

Most common words with 闊

Sources