廣

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

• 鑛, 礦, 擴, 曠, 鄺, 壙, 纊, 儣, 爌, 櫎, 瀇, 穬, 懭, 嚝, 矌, 㼅, 彍, 獷, 䊯, 𤳱, 𢌌, 𩧉, 𪍿, 𠢹, 𢌊, 兤, 懬

• 広, 广 (simplified forms)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 351, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9493
• Dae Jaweon: page 663, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 897, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5EE3

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

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

廣

1. broad; wide; extensive; vast
2. many; numerous; multitudinous
3. to expand; to enlarge
4. common; widespread; universal; pervasive; general; ubiquitous
5. Short for 廣州／广州 (Guǎngzhōu, “Guangzhou”).
6. Short for 廣東／广东 (Guǎngdōng, “Guangdong”).
   • c. 1733, 藍鼎元, 論南洋事宜書; quoted in 魏源 [Wei Yuan], 賀長齡 [He Changling], editors, 皇朝經世文編, 1826:

     閩廣人稠地狹，田園不足於耕。望海謀生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     闽广人稠地狭，田园不足于耕。望海谋生，十居五六。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Mǐn Guǎng rén chóu dì xiá, tiányuán bù zú yú gēng. Wàng hǎi móushēng, shí jū wǔ liù. [Pinyin]

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7. (Sichuanese) overseas; foreign; western; imported
8. ^† width; breadth
9. a surname: Guang

• (broad):

• (many):

• (to expand):

• (common):

Others:

• → Ahom: 𑜀𑜡𑜂𑜫 (kāṅ, “width,measure”)
• → Bouyei: gvaangs
• → Lao: ກວ້າງ (kuāng, “wide, broad”)
• → Thai: กว้าง (gwâang, “wide, broad”)
• → Northern Thai: ᨠ᩠ᩅ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨦ
• → Lü: ᦦᦱᧂᧉ (k̇waang²)
• → Shan: ၵႂၢင်ႈ (kwāang)
• → Zhuang: gvangq

廣

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

廣

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

廣

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

• “廣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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

1. broad
2. wide
3. spacious

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←くわう (kwau, historical)}
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 廣い); ひろば (hiroba); ひろめる (hiromeru, 廣める)

• 광 (広, gwang)

廣 (eumhun 넓을 광 (neolbeul gwang))

1. Hanja form^? of 광 (“broad, wide, extensive”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 4.

廣: Hán Nôm readings: quảng, quẳng, quãng, rộng