kuò

broad

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
门 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

活 sound component

  Sound component

huó

  

live

Evolution

阔 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
阔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
阔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
阔 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
阔 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

kuò

broad, ample, wide; be apart; rich; wide; broad

() 

kuò

variant of |[kuò]

Most common words with 阔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

广阔

wide

开阔

wide

rich

宽阔

wide

辽阔

vast