Chinese Character Wiki
寬

kuān

broad

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 萈 represents the sound.

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

萈 sound component

萈  Sound component

huán

  

huán

Evolution

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
寬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

宽 (寬) 

kuān

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

宽 (寬) 

Kuān

surname Kuan

Most common words with 寬
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)

髖

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʷʰˤa[n]

khwan

kuān

vast, wide


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.9172% of movies

1571st most common character in movies

1155th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

宽

Unicode

U+5BEC

Shuowen

“寬，屋寬大也。从宀，萈聲。”


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