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Kanji Detail for 宏 - "wide"

宏

  • Meaning

    宏 means "wide." Also associated with to expand, excellent.

    1. Wide - Broad; expansive.

    2. To expand - To make larger.

    3. Excellent - Outstanding; magnificent.

  • Tattoo check: 宏

    • Verified meaning: wide
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こう, ごう, こうじ, ごうじ)
    • Also carries these associations: to expand, excellent

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 宏

    Given names 宏(こう)Listen 宏(ごう)Listen 宏(たかし)Listen 宏(ひろ)Listen 宏(ひろえ)Listen 宏(ひろし)Listen

    Surnames 宏(こうじ)Listen 宏(ごうじ)Listen 宏(こうしょう)Listen 宏(こうそう)Listen 宏(ひろき)Listen 宏(ひろつぐ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wide; large

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wide, spacious, great, vast

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    great, spacious, vast, wide

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Great; broad. Such as 恢宏, 宏大, 崇論宏議. Also written as 閎.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiro.i(ひろ-い) ひろ-い

  • Strokes

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    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    wide to expand excellent amplify grand vast broad expansive spacious immense extensive far-reaching magnificent great

Sentences including 宏

  • Hiromi is wearing a new dress.

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