广

See also: 廣ひろ, 広ひろ, 厂, 疒, and ㄬ

广 U+5E7F, 广 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7F ← 幾いく [U+5E7E] CJK Unified Ideographs 庀 → [U+5E80]

⼴ U+2F34, ⼴ KANGXI RADICAL DOTTED CLIFF ← ⼳ [U+2F33] Kangxi Radicals ⼵ → [U+2F35]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	廣ひろ
Shinjitai	広ひろ
Simplified	广

Han character

广 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 卜ぼく竹ちく (YH), four-corner 0020₀, composition ⿱丶厂(GHTK) or ⿱丨厂(J))

1. Kangxi radical #53, ⼴.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/广
• 疒, 𫩕, 圹, 㚧, 𭚦, 扩, 㲿, 犷, 𨸘, 旷, 𤆓, 矿, 纩, 𧈴, 𧿈, 𬪺, 𠚳, 邝
• 応おう, 唐とう, 𢈲, 席せき, 㐣, 𣒷, 䨾, 鹿しか, 麻あさ, 䧹, 㥷, 𩾦, 𪎒, 慶けい, 𢳁, 𢳅, 緳, 𨌱, 𡢦, 𨍗, 𪗆, 𮚥, 𩐕, 𦉨, 𥳁, 䧪, 𤊭, 𦀫, 𨭤

Descendants

• ㄬ (Zhuyin alphabet)

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 广
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形しょうけい) : A house that is built to depend on a cliff.

Etymology 1

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		广

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎn (yan³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen³
    • Yale: yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yean
    • Palladius: янь (janʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim²
    • Yale: yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjemX, ngjaemX

Rime
Character	广	广
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲こえ)	疑うたぐ (31)	疑うたぐ (31)
Final (韻いん)	鹽しお (154)	嚴いむ (145)
Tone (調しらべ)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open	Open
Division (等ひとし)	III	III
Fanqie	魚さかな檢けん切きり	魚さかな掩切きり
Baxter	ngjemX	ngjaemX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiᴇmX/	/ŋɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiɛmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiæmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjiamX/	/ŋɨamX/
Li Rong	/ŋjɛmX/	/ŋiɐmX/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɛmX/	/ŋĭɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɛmX/	/ŋi̯ɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yǎn	yǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jim5	jim5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋramʔ/, /*ŋamʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	广	广
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14326	14327
Phonetic component	广	广
Rime group	談だん	談だん
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	顩
Old Chinese	/*ŋramʔ/	/*ŋamʔ/
Notes		垵由ゆかり掩校こう改あらため

Definitions

广

1. ^† house built to depend on a cliff

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育きょういく部ぶ異體いたい字じ字典じてん), C03234

Japanese

Kanji

广

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. dotted cliff
2. canopy

Readings

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

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

广 (eumhun 집 엄 (jip eom))

Etymology 2

Hanja

广 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

Etymology 3

Hanja

广 (eumhun 암자 암 (amja am))