拡

expand; broaden; extend; enlarge

8 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 611.

Readings

• カク (on reading): 拡大 (かくだい) expansion; 拡張 (かくちょう) expansion
• コウ (on reading)
• ひろがる (kun reading): 拡がり角 (ひろがりかく) spread angle
• ひろげる (kun reading): 拡げた腕 (ひろげたうで) outstretched arms
• ひろめる (kun reading)

Components

• 扌
• 広
• 厶 radical private
• 广 radical house on a cliff
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手

Words using 拡

• 拡大 (かくだい) expansion
• 拡張 (かくちょう) expansion
• 拡散 (かくさん) spreading
• 拡充 (かくじゅう) expansion
• 感染拡大 (かんせんかくだい) spread of infection
• 拡がり角 (ひろがりかく) spread angle
• 拡げた腕 (ひろげたうで) outstretched arms

121 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists