广 guǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
广阔
guǎngkuò
vast, wide
Characters in this word
阔 kuò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 站在高原上远望，广阔的草原一直延伸到天边。 Zhàn zài gāoyuán shang yuǎnwàng, guǎngkuò de cǎoyuán yìzhí yánshēn dào tiānbiān. Looking into the distance from the plateau, the vast grassland stretches all the way to the horizon.
- 这片广阔的田野一眼望不到边。 Zhè piàn guǎngkuò de tiányě yì yǎn wàng bú dào biān. This vast field stretches farther than the eye can see.
- 读书可以让你拥有更广阔的视野。 Dúshū kěyǐ ràng nǐ yōngyǒu gèng guǎngkuò de shìyě. Reading can give you a broader view of the world.
Related words
- 广场 guǎngchǎng public square
- 广告 guǎnggào advertisement
- 广播 guǎngbō radio broadcast
- 广大 guǎngdà vast; the broad masses of
- 推广 tuīguǎng to promote; to spread
- 宽广 kuānguǎng vast; broad
- 广 guǎng wide; spacious
- 广泛 guǎngfàn wide-ranging; extensive
- 广义 guǎngyì broad sense; broad meaning
- 集思广益 jísīguǎngyì to pool ideas and draw on collective wisdom
- 见多识广 jiànduōshíguǎng experienced and knowledgeable; worldly-wise
- 开阔 kāikuò wide; open; to broaden