Meaning of 广
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- wide
- numerous
- to spread
- surname Guang
- "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
How to use 广
广 rarely stands alone in speech and mostly appears in common words like 广告 (guǎnggào, advertisement), 广场 (guǎngchǎng, plaza) and 广播 (guǎngbō, broadcast). Example: 这个广场很大。(Zhège guǎngchǎng hěn dà.) This square is very big.
广 looks like a roof with one wall, the "house on a cliff" shape. Picture a building with an open side, so the space feels wide and spreads out, which is the meaning guǎng (wide).
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 广 (guǎng) with 厂 (chǎng, factory). 广 has a dot on top and 厂 does not. Some also read 广 as guāng, but the tone is the third tone, guǎng.
广 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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广 guǎng · wide · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 广.
| 广告 | guǎnggào | to advertise; a commercial |
| 广场 | guǎngchǎng | public square; plaza |
| 广播 | guǎngbō | broadcast; broadcasting |
| 推广 | tuīguǎng | to extend; to spread |
| 广大 | guǎngdà | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale |
| 宽广 | kuānguǎng | wide; broad |
| 广泛 | guǎngfàn | wide; broad; extensive; widespread |
| 广阔 | guǎngkuò | wide; vast |
| 广义 | guǎngyì | broad sense; general sense |
| 广告牌 | guǎnggàopái | billboard |
| 大庭广众 | dàtíngguǎngzhòng | (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在[zai4] and followe |
| 广袤 | guǎngmào | vast |
Questions about 广
What does 广 mean?
广 (guǎng) means "wide; numerous" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 广?
广 is made of 1 character: 广 (3 strokes). That is 3 strokes in total.
Is 广 an HSK word?
Yes. 广 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 广 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 广 is written 廣.
What is the difference between 广 and 宽 when describing something wide?
宽 (kuān) usually describes physical width, like a wide road. 广 suggests a broad extent or wide reach, like knowledge or influence. They combine in 宽广 (kuānguǎng), meaning broad or vast.
Why does 广 appear in place names like 广州 and 广东?
In 广州 (Guǎngzhōu) and 广东 (Guǎngdōng), 广 carries its sense of wide or broad. It also works as the surname Guǎng.