Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1059 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: vast, broad, wide

Kunyomi: ひろ.い

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: bow

Examples

Onyomi Examples

広報 コウホウ public relations, PR, publicity, public information, publicizing

広大 コウダイ vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent

カイコウ propagation, spreading out, extending

カンコウ Kankō era (1004.7.20-1012.12.25)

グズウ spread (of Buddhist teachings)

グゼイ Buddha's great vows

Kunyomi Examples

広い ひろい spacious, vast, wide