旷

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to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time); vast; loose-fitting

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation

Components 日广

expansive · Heisig RSH #1782

sun + cave

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
旷古未有	kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu	never before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented
旷古未闻	kuàng gǔ wèi wén	never before in the whole of history (idiom); unprecedented; also written 曠古未有\|旷古未有
旷日持久	kuàng rì chí jiǔ	protracted (idiom); long and drawn-out
旷时摄影	kuàng shí shè yǐng	time-lapse photography
旷地	kuàng dì	open space; open field
高旷	gāo kuàng	high and wide
开旷	kāi kuàng	open and vast
旷工	kuàng gōng	to skip work; absence without leave
空旷	kōng kuàng	spacious and empty; void
旷世	kuàng shì	incomparable; none to compare with at that time
旷代	kuàng dài	unrivalled; without peer in this generation
旷达	kuàng dá	broad-minded; accepting; philosophical (about things)
旷古	kuàng gǔ	since the dawn of time; from the year dot
旷夫	kuàng fū	bachelor; unmarried man
恐旷症	kǒng kuàng zhèng	agoraphobia
心旷神怡	xīn kuàng shén yí	lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
旷费	kuàng fèi	to waste; to squander
旷野	kuàng yě	wilderness
旷职	kuàng zhí	to fail to show up for work
久旷	jiǔ kuàng	to leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work; to remain sing…