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广泛

guǎngfàn

wide-ranging; extensive

A person stretching over a map
Memory picture

Characters in this word

广 guǎng

Strokes
3
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

泛 fàn

Strokes
7
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 乏 poor
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 泛

Example phrases

  • 用途广泛。 Yòng tú guǎng fàn. It has wide uses.
  • 影响很广泛。 Yǐng xiǎng hěn guǎng fàn. The influence is very wide.
  • 他兴趣广泛。 Tā xìng qù guǎng fàn. He has many interests.

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