广

廣
Guang3
#468 most
frequent character
surname Guang

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

广 was drawn as a hut or building, so it first meant 'building, hut'. From there the meaning grew to cover things tied to buildings and places. In Simplified Chinese this shape replaces 廣, with 黃 left out.

Drawn as: hut or building

广 as a component in other characters

meaning26 characters
座序庭庄店库废廉庞廊庇廓庵庖庑庋
sound8 characters
扩矿旷犷邝圹纩䧹
picture6 characters
府庙廖庐庳㢆
empty3 characters
底床麻

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Same Characters, Different Readings

广yǎn
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
广guǎng
broad, wide, vast, extensive

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