Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

611 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: broaden, extend, expand, enlarge

Kunyomi: ひろ.がる ひろ.げる ひろ.める

Onyomi: カク コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

声器(かくせいき)   megaphone, bullhorn

大する(かくだいする)   magnify, enlarge

張する(かくちょうする)   extend, expand

充する(かくじゅうする)   expand

散する(かくさんする)   scatter

Onyomi Examples

カクジュウ expansion

カクサン spreading, disseminating, scattering, diffusion (of light, gas)

グンカク military expansion, arms buildup

Kunyomi Examples

広がる ひろがる to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)

広げる ひろげる to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll, to unwrap, to scatter about, to spread around, to make flourish, to cause to prosper