広

See also: 廣 and 广
広 U+5E83, 広
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E83
← 庂
[U+5E82] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 庄 →
[U+5E84]

Translingual
Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Glyph origin

Simplified from 廣 (黃 → 厶); shinjitai. First attested in 1891, influenced by 鑛 → 鉱[1].

Han character

広 (radical 53, 广+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈戈 (II) or X戈戈 (XII), four-corner 00230, composition ⿸广厶)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 343, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9224
  • Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 873, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5E83
  1. Mari Yamashita, 「広」の字体について―略字体の出現時期とその要因―, 2011

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 広 – see 廣 (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; numerous; etc.”).
(This character, 広, is a variant form of 廣.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 広

Kyūjitai

 廣

Kanji
広

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 廣)

  1. vast, wide

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

広 (hiragana ひろし, rōmaji Hiroshi)

  1. A male given name
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