扩 kuò
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 广 broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
扩散
kuòsàn
to spread; diffuse; disseminate
Characters in this word
散 sǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 谣言在社交媒体上迅速扩散，官方澄清却来得太迟。 Yáoyán zài shèjiāo méitǐ shàng xùnsù kuòsàn, guānfāng chéngqīng què lái de tài chí. The rumour spread rapidly on social media, while the official clarification came too late.
- 一滴墨水掉进水里，很快就扩散开了。 Yì dī mòshuǐ diào jìn shuǐ lǐ, hěn kuài jiù kuòsàn kāi le. A drop of ink fell into the water and soon spread out.
- 烟味很快扩散到了整个房间。 Yānwèi hěn kuài kuòsàn dào le zhěnggè fángjiān. The smell of smoke quickly spread through the whole room.
Related words
- 扩大 kuòdà to expand; to enlarge
- 扩展 kuòzhǎn to expand; to extend
- 扩 kuò to expand; enlarge; extend
- 扩充 kuòchōng to expand; augment; enrich
- 扩建 kuòjiàn to expand or extend construction
- 扩张 kuòzhāng to expand; expansion
- 散步 sànbù to take a walk
- 分散 fēnsàn to scatter; to distract
- 散 sǎn to scatter; to disperse
- 散 sǎn loose; scattered
- 散文 sǎnwén prose; essay
- 散 sàn to scatter, to disperse