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弘 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「弓」

道
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On
コウ・グこう・ぐ · kō · gu
Kun
ひろ.いhiro.i
Meaning
vast; broad

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A bow plus drawing wide: spread out like a drawn bow — vast.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 弘法こうぼう

    Kōbō Daishi (the monk Kūkai)

  • 弘大こうだい

    vast; magnificent

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

弘法(ぐほう)にも筆(ふで)の誤(あやま)りということわざがある。

There is a proverb that even Kōbō Daishi made slips of the brush.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

弘大弘法弘大big法law弛slacke…弼assist彊strong弓bow引to pul…仇foe叩strike亙extend…亘extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 弓Map of reading コウAll maps

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