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廣

guǎng

wide

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 黃 represents the sound.

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

黃 sound component

黃  Sound component

huáng

  

yellow

Evolution

廣 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
廣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

广 (廣) 

guǎng

broad, wide, extensive; wide; numerous; to spread

广 (廣) 

Guǎng

surname Guang

Most common words with 廣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

广告

to advertise

广场

plaza

广播

broadcast

广州

Canton

广

wide

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

擴 曠

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

擴 礦 曠 獷 爌

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤaŋʔ

kwangX

guǎng

wide

*kʷˤaŋʔ-s

kwangH

guǎng

distance from east to west


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 32.3723% of movies

1000th most common character in movies

468th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

广

Unicode

U+5EE3

Shuowen

“廣，殿之大屋也。从广，黄聲。”


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