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广

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广 U+5E7F, 广
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7F

[U+5E7E]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5E80]
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U+2F34, ⼴
KANGXI RADICAL DOTTED CLIFF

[U+2F33]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2F35]

Translingual

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Han character

广 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹 (YH), four-corner 00200, composition (GHTK) or (J))

  1. Kangxi radical #53, .

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9221
  • Dae Jaweon: page 652, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5E7F
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 广, Western Zhou ...

Pictogram (象形): A house with a roof, similar to . According to Wang Yun (王筠), the former character depicts a building with three walls, while the latter depicts a house with four walls.

Unrelated to and , in which it represents a bed. Unrelated to , which represents a cliff.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see (“broad; wide; extensive; vast; many; numerous; multitudinous; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 广 – see (“dome-shaped grass house; hut; abbey, a monastery or nunnery; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 3

More information simp. and trad. ...

Pronunciation



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Definitions

广

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) house built to depend on a cliff

References

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Kanji

广

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dotted cliff
  2. canopy

Readings

  • On (unclassified): こう ()
  • Kun: ひろ (hiro)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

广 (eumhun (jip eom))

Etymology 2

Hanja

广 (eumhun 넓을 (neolbeul gwang))

Etymology 3

Hanja

广 (eumhun 암자 (amja am))

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