15 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

broad, wide, spacious

Kun'yomi
  • spacious
  • ひろまる
  • ひろめる
  • ひろがる
  • ひろげる
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

广(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

broad, wide, spacious
コウ ひろ.い (Kentei 1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
yellow, surname
コウ オウ き

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 5EE3
JIS X 0208 1-55-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1535
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1640
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3177
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3942
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2741
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2416
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 9493
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3q2.1
Four corner code 0028.6