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广

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wide; numerous; to spread

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
3
Radical
广 itself
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
广
Common rank
#383
Unicode
U+5E7F

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 广 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

Components 丶 厂

How to remember it

extensive · Heisig RSH #556

cliff + house — as a component also called: cave

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 广

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
特拉法尔加广场 Tè lā fǎ ěr jiā guǎng chǎng Trafalgar Square (London)
广水市 Guǎng shuǐ Shì Guangshui, a county-level city in Suizhou City 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
特拉法加广场 Tè lā fǎ jiā Guǎng chǎng Trafalgar Square (London)
天安门广场 Tiān ān mén Guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square
广安区 Guǎng ān Qū Guang'an, a district of Guang'an City 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4], Sichuan
神通广大 shén tōng guǎng dà (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities
广安市 Guǎng ān Shì Guang'an, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
广东海洋大学 Guǎng dōng Hǎi yáng Dà xué Guangdong Ocean University
广平县 Guǎng píng Xiàn Guangping, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
广德市 Guǎng dé Shì Guangde, a county-level city in Xuancheng City 宣城市[Xuan1 cheng2 Shi4], Anhui
广南县 Guǎng nán Xiàn Guangnan, a county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[We…
广安门 Guǎng ān mén Guanganmen in Xuanwu 宣武區|宣武区 district of southwest Beijing
广东人 Guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people)
广阳区 Guǎng yáng Qū Guangyang, a district of Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei
广河县 Guǎng hé Xiàn Guanghe, a county in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Z…
广州市 Guǎng zhōu Shì Guangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Shen…
广开言路 guǎng kāi yán lù to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
广交会 Guǎng Jiāo Huì China Export Commodities Fair also known as the Canton Fair
广州日报 Guǎng zhōu Rì bào Guangzhou Daily
广大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous

Sound family

These characters use 广 as their sound component — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
广 sound part guǎng broad, vast, wide; building, house
矿 kuàng mine; mineral, ore
犷 guǎng fierce, rude, uncivilized
圹 kuàng tomb, grave: prairie, range, wilderness
纩 kuàng cotton, silk
邝 kuàng surname