拡 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
道5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
- On
- カク
- Kun
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- Meaning
- to expand; enlarge
Origin
扌 "hand" plus 廣 "wide"; pushing something out wider by hand — hence "to expand."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| カク | 拡大・拡張・拡声器 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 拡大かくだい
enlargement
- 拡張かくちょう
extension; expansion
Example
地図を拡大して見た。
I enlarged the map and looked at it.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)