広 Kanji – wide
The Japanese kanji 広 can mean wide, broad, spacious.
Meaning and Readings
How is 広 read?
広 has the onyomi reading コウ and the kunyomi readings ひろい, ひろまる, ひろめる, ひろがる, ひろげる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as kou, hiroi, hiromaru, hiromeru, hirogaru, hirogeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 広
These common Japanese words contain 広. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 繰り広げる（くりひろげる） — to unfold, to unroll, to open
- 広い（ひろい） — spacious, vast, wide
- 広がり（ひろがり） — spread, span, expanse, extent
- 広さ（ひろさ） — area, extent, dimensions, size
- 広まる（ひろまる） — to spread, to be propagated
- 広める（ひろめる） — to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate
- 広域（こういき） — wide area
- 広告（こうこく） — advertisement, advertising
- 広州（こうしゅう） — Guangzhou (China), Canton
- 広場（ひろば） — public square, square, plaza, piazza, forum
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