Chinese Character Wiki
广

yǎn, guǎng

roof

Variant form of 宀 (roof). In simplified Chinese 广 is also used to mean "wide", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廣. Sometimes used interchangeably with 厂.

Evolution

广 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
广 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

广  

yǎn

"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc

广 (廣) 

guǎng

broad, wide, extensive; wide; numerous; to spread

广 (廣) 

Guǎng

surname Guang

Most common words with 广
Freq.
Word
Meaning

广告

to advertise

广场

plaza

广播

broadcast

广州

Canton

广

wide

Component uses

Sound component in 7 characters (1 verified)

扩 矿 旷 犷 邝 圹 纩

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

屋

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

庆 厨

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

庸 廄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʷˤaŋʔ

kwangX

guǎng

wide


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 32.3723% of movies

1000th most common character in movies

468th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

廣

Unicode

U+5E7F

Shuowen

“广，因广為屋，象對刺高屋之形。”


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