廣

See also: 广, 広, and 癀
廣 U+5EE3, 廣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EE3
← 廢
[U+5EE2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廤 →
[U+5EE4]

Translingual
Traditional 廣
Shinjitai 広
Simplified 广

Han character

廣 (radical 53, 广+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿一金 (ITMC), four-corner 00286, composition ⿸广黃(HTJK) or ⿸广黄(GV))

Derived characters

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: page 351, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
  • Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 897, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5EE3

Chinese
trad. 廣
simp. 广*
variant forms 広

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 廣
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Qin slip script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (黄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
横
僙 *kʷaːŋ
廣 *kʷaːŋʔ
鄺 *kʷaːŋʔ, *qʰʷaːŋ
懬 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰaːŋʔ
爌 *kʰʷaːŋʔ, *kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠 *kʰʷaːŋs
矌 *kʰʷaːŋs
壙 *kʰʷaːŋs
纊 *kʰʷaːŋs
黃 *ɡʷaːŋ
璜 *ɡʷaːŋ
潢 *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷaːŋs
簧 *ɡʷaːŋ
癀 *ɡʷaːŋ
鱑 *ɡʷaːŋ
獚 *ɡʷaːŋ
蟥 *ɡʷaːŋ
趪 *ɡʷaːŋ
櫎 *ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴 *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ
瀇 *qʷaːŋʔ
獷 *kʷaŋʔ, *kʷraːŋʔ
觵 *kʷraːŋ
礦 *kʷraːŋʔ
鑛 *kʷraːŋʔ
穬 *kʷraːŋʔ
橫 *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌 *ɡʷraːŋ
鐄 *ɡʷraːŋ
嚝 *qʰʷraːŋ
彉 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ
彍 *kʷaːɡ, *qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʷaːŋʔ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ).

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • kóng - literary;
  • kńg/kúiⁿ - vernacular.
Note: geng2 - used in place names.
Rime
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (102)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古晃切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwɑŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷɑŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwaŋX/
Li
Rong		 /kuɑŋX/
Wang
Li		 /kuɑŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kwɑŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guǎng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guǎng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwangX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷˁaŋʔ/
English wide

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廣
Reading # 1/1
No. 5368
Phonetic
component		 黄
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 廣
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷaːŋʔ/

Definitions

廣

  1. broad; wide; extensive; vast
  2. numerous
  3. to expand; to enlarge
  4. † width; breadth
  5. Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
  6. Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).

Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廣
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guǎng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kwangH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷˁaŋʔ-s/
English distance from east to west

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

廣

  1. † to measure width
  2. † distance from east to west

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

廣

  1. † Alternative form of 曠／旷 (kuàng).
  2. † Alternative form of 壙／圹 (kuàng).

Pronunciation 4

Definitions

廣

  1. † Used in 闋廣／阕广, alternative form of 騤𩧉／骙𩧉 (juéguāng).
  2. † Alternative form of 光 (guāng).

Compounds
Derived terms from 廣

Descendants

Japanese

Shinjitai

 広

Kyūjitai

 廣

Kanji
廣

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 広)

  1. broad
  2. wide
  3. spacious

Readings
  • On (unclassified): こう (kō)
  • Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 廣い); ひろば (hiroba); ひろめる (hiromeru, 廣める)

Korean

Hanja

廣 • (gwang)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 광
    • Name (hangeul): 넓을
  1. broad, wide, extensive

Vietnamese

Han character

廣 (quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng)

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