Chinese Character 擴 Meanings and components.

Form

擴

Meaning

擴 meaning[3] in English

To Enlarge.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 擴 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Guang (廣)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QITC

How to write 擴

To write擴kuo4to enlarge you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 廣guang3surname Guang arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 廣 = 擴

擴 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 擴 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 擴, looks as follow:

擴
Pinyin:kuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Enlarge
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
廣
Pinyin:guang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Guang
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
黄
Pinyin:huang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Huang Or Hwang

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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