擴

See also: 拡 and 扩

擴	U+64F4, 擴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64F4

← 擳
[U+64F3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

擵 →
[U+64F5]

Translingual

Traditional	擴
Shinjitai	拡
Simplified	扩

Han character

擴 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 手戈廿金 (QITC), four-corner 5008₆, composition ⿰扌廣)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 461, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12895
Dae Jaweon: page 810, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1975, character 6
Unihan data for U+64F4

Chinese

trad.		擴
simp.		扩
alternative forms		挄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (黃) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
僙	*kʷaːŋ
廣	*kʷaːŋʔ
鄺	kʷaːŋʔ, qʰʷaːŋ
懬	kʰʷaːŋʔ, kʰaːŋʔ
爌	kʰʷaːŋʔ, kʰʷaːŋs, *qʰʷaːŋʔ
曠	*kʰʷaːŋs
矌	*kʰʷaːŋs
壙	*kʰʷaːŋs
纊	*kʰʷaːŋs
黃	*ɡʷaːŋ
璜	*ɡʷaːŋ
潢	ɡʷaːŋ, ɡʷaːŋs
簧	*ɡʷaːŋ
癀	*ɡʷaːŋ
鱑	*ɡʷaːŋ
獚	*ɡʷaːŋ
蟥	*ɡʷaːŋ
趪	*ɡʷaːŋ
櫎	*ɡʷaːŋʔ
擴	ɡʷlaːŋs, kʰʷaːɡ
瀇	*qʷaːŋʔ
獷	kʷaŋʔ, kʷraːŋʔ
觵	*kʷraːŋ
礦	*kʷraːŋʔ
鑛	*kʷraːŋʔ
穬	*kʷraːŋʔ
橫	ɡʷraːŋ, ɡʷraːŋs, *kʷaːŋ
黌	*ɡʷraːŋ
鐄	*ɡʷraːŋ
嚝	*qʰʷraːŋ
彉	kʷaːɡ, qʰʷaːɡ
彍	kʷaːɡ, qʰʷaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡʷlaːŋs, *kʰʷaːɡ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 廣 (OC *kʷaːŋʔ) – to stretch or enlarge with hands.

Etymology

Compared by Luce (1981) to Burmese ခင်း (hkang:, “to spread, roll out”), though there are phonetic problems, particularly with the final consonants.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kuò (kuo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwok³ / gwok³ / kwong³ / kong³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khok

(Meixian, Guangdong): kog⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): guóh
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khok

(Teochew, Peng'im): kuag⁴ / kuang³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷khueq / ⁷khoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuò
  - Wade–Giles: kʻuo⁴
  - Yale: kwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuoh
  - Palladius: ко (ko)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: kwok³ / gwok³ / kwong³ / kong³
  - Yale: kwok / gwok / kwong / kong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwok⁸ / gwok⁸ / kwong³ / kong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuog³ / guog³ / kuong³ / kong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːk̚³/, /kʷɔːk̚³/, /kʷʰɔːŋ³³/, /kʰɔːŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khok
  - Hakka Romanization System: kog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰok̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰɔk̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guóh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuɔʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khok
  - Tâi-lô: khok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qog
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kuag⁴ / kuang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khuak / khuàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuak̚²/, /kʰuaŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷khueq
  - MiniDict: khueh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴khueq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰuəʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷khoq
  - MiniDict: khoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kʰoʔ⁴³/

Middle Chinese: hwangH

Rime
Character	擴
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	唐 (102)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	乎曠切
Baxter	hwangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwɑŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷɑŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣuɑŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣuɑŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwɑŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wong⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷʰˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷlaːŋs/, /*kʰʷaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	擴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kuò
Middle Chinese	‹ khwak ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷʰˁak/
English	widen
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擴	擴
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5390	5407
Phonetic component	黄	黄
Rime group	陽	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	攩
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷlaːŋs/	/*kʰʷaːɡ/
Notes	同攩	見孟子

Definitions

擴

to expand; to enlarge; to stretch
擴充／扩充 ― kuòchōng ― to enlarge

Compounds

彩擴／彩扩 (cǎikuò)
擴充／扩充 (kuòchōng)
擴充解釋／扩充解释
擴分／扩分
擴印／扩印 (kuòyìn)
擴及／扩及
擴增／扩增 (kuòzēng)
擴大／扩大 (kuòdà)
擴大機／扩大机
擴展／扩展 (kuòzhǎn)
擴建／扩建 (kuòjiàn)
擴張／扩张 (kuòzhāng)
擴張戰果／扩张战果
擴散／扩散 (kuòsàn)
擴散作用／扩散作用
擴權／扩权 (kuòquán)
擴編／扩编
擴胸器／扩胸器
擴軍／扩军 (kuòjūn)
擴音／扩音 (kuòyīn)
擴音器／扩音器 (kuòyīnqì)
沖擴／冲扩
海底擴張／海底扩张

Japanese

Shinjitai	拡
Kyūjitai	擴

Kanji

擴

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 拡)

broaden

Readings

Go-on: かく (kaku)
Kan-on: かく (kaku)
Kun: ひろがる (hirogaru, 擴がる)、ひろげる (hirogeru, 擴げる)、ひろめる (hiromeru, 擴める)

Korean

Hanja

擴 • (hwak, gwang) (hangeul 확, 광, revised hwak, gwang, McCune–Reischauer hwak, kwang, Yale hwak, kwang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

擴: Hán Nôm readings: quẳng, huếch, khoác, khoách, khuếch

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