闊 meaning and stroke order
Ample, broad, wide; separate; to be apart
How to write 闊, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 闊
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- rich
- wide
- broad
How 闊 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Gate.
門 gives the meaning and 活 hints at the sound.
Radical: 門 (gate), shared by 42 characters on this site.
How to remember 闊
闊 is a gate 門 with 活 (huó, lively) inside, and 活 also hints at the sound kuò. Picture a gate thrown wide open so lively crowds can pour through, and you have the idea of wide and broad.
闊 (simplified 阔) usually appears in two-character words describing wide spaces, such as 广阔 (guǎngkuò), 宽阔 (kuānkuò) and 辽阔 (liáokuò). It can also mean rich or showy with money, as in 阔绰 (kuòchuò). Example: 草原很辽阔。(Cǎoyuán hěn liáokuò.) The grassland is vast.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 闊 with 闷 / 悶 (mèn, stuffy) or 间 (jiān), since all sit inside 門. Also, 活 inside is read huó on its own, but in 闊 the reading is kuò with a fourth tone.
Common words with 闊
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 闊
How many strokes are in 闊?
闊 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 闊 mean?
闊 (kuò) means ample, broad, wide; separate; to be apart. A common word with it is 广阔 (guǎngkuò), meaning "wide; vast".
How do you pronounce 闊?
闊 is pronounced kuò, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 闊?
The radical of 闊 is 門, which carries the idea of "gate". Dictionaries list 闊 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 闊?
闊 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 阔, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Can 阔 be used alone to mean wide?
In modern speech it rarely stands alone for physical width. People say 宽 (kuān) for that. Alone, 阔 more often means rich or flashy, as in 他现在阔了 (tā xiànzài kuò le), he is rich now.
What is the difference between 宽阔 and 辽阔?
宽阔 (kuānkuò) describes something wide that you can see across, like a road or river. 辽阔 (liáokuò) suggests a huge, far-reaching expanse, like a country's territory or the open sky.