Dong Chinese dictionary

kuò

expand, enlarge

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擴.

Components

扌 Sound component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

yǎn, guǎng

roof

扩 and 广 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.扩 /*kʷʰˤak/
广 /*kʷˤaŋʔ/

Evolution

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

kuò

expand, enlarge, stretch; to enlarge

Most common words with 扩

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