Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: ひろ.い, ひろ.がる, ひろ.げる, ひろ.まる, ひろ.める · Meanings: broad, spacious, wide
Kanji for broad, spacious, wide
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The kanji 広 combines the “roof” radical (广) with a component representing openness beneath, symbolizing a wide or spacious area. In ancient times, it represented a broad house or open space. 広 came to mean wide, spacious, or vast, capturing the sense of roominess and extension.
A roof over open space — 広 means wide, spacious, or vast.
Imagine a wide house with plenty of room underneath — that’s 広, the kanji for wide and spacious.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 広告 | こうこく | advertisement, advertising | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 広い | ひろい | spacious, vast, wide | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 広場 | ひろば | public square, square, plaza, piazza, forum | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 広がる | ひろがる | to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space) | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 広げる | ひろげる | to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 広さ | ひろさ | area, extent, dimensions, size | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 広める | ひろめる | to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate | common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 広々 | ひろびろ | extensive, spacious | common JLPT-N2 Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Adverb (fukushi), Suru verb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 広まる | ひろまる | to spread, to be propagated | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 広大 | こうだい | vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 広範囲 | こうはんい | extensive, vast range, wide scope | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 広がり | ひろがり | spread, span, expanse, extent | common Noun |
| 広範 | こうはん | wide, extensive, comprehensive, far-reaching, widespread | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 広間 | ひろま | hall, saloon, spacious room, reception room | Noun |
| 広義 | こうぎ | wide sense (e.g. of a word), broad sense | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |