広
広 — Wide
wide, broad, spacious
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiひろい (hiroi)
Kun’yomiひろまる (hiromaru)
Kun’yomiひろめる (hiromeru)
Kun’yomiひろがる (hirogaru)
Kun’yomiひろげる (hirogeru)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 広
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 広告 | こうこく koukoku | advertisement; advertising; announcement |
| 広報 | こうほう kouhou | public relations; PR; publicity |
| 広い | ひろい hiroi | spacious; vast; wide |
| 広場 | ひろば hiroba | public square; square; plaza |
| 広がり | ひろがり hirogari | spread; span; expanse |
| 広げる | ひろげる hirogeru | to spread; to extend; to expand |
Study notes
広 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #263 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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