wide, broad, spacious
On'yomi (音読み)
- コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- ひろ.い
- ひろ.がる
- ひろ.げる
About this kanji
The kanji 「広」 means wide or broad and is often used to describe spacious areas. It can function as both a noun and a verb. In its noun form, you might encounter the word 「広場」 (ひろば), meaning "square" or "plaza," which is a broad public area. As an adjective, 「広い」 (ひろい) describes something that is wide or vast, like a large room. In verb forms, you have「広げる」 (ひろげる), which means "to expand" something, while「広がる」 (ひろがる) means "to spread" out, such as news or a geographical area. A useful note is that this kanji often conveys a sense of openness and spaciousness, both literally and metaphorically.
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Example sentences
公園は広いです。
The park is spacious.
Meanings across languages
- English
- wide, broad, spacious
- Tiếng Việt
- rộng, mở rộng, thông thoáng
- 日本語
- 広い, 広がる
- 한국어
- 넓은
- 中文
- 宽
- id
- lebar
- th
- กว้าง
- es
- ancho
- fr
- large
- de
- breit
- pt
- amplo
Common compounds
- 広場ひろばsquare, plaza
- 広いひろいwide, spacious
- 広げるひろげるto expand, to spread
- 広がるひろがるto spread, to extend
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