Chinese Character Wiki
宽

kuān

broad

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 苋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 寬.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

苋 simplified component

苋  Simplified component

xiàn

  

Chinese spinach

Shorthand for the 萈 component in the traditional character 寬.

Evolution

宽 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
宽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
宽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
宽 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
宽 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

宽 (寬) 

kuān

broad, wide; spacious, vast; lenient; wide; broad

宽 (寬) 

Kuān

surname Kuan

Most common words with 宽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

宽

wide

宽恕

to forgive

宽容

lenient

宽松

relaxed

宽带

broadband

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

髋

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 18.9172% of movies

1571st most common character in movies

1155th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

寬

Unicode

U+5BBD


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