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拡 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
カクかく · kaku
Kun
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Meaning
to expand; enlarge

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 廣 "wide"; pushing something out wider by hand — hence "to expand."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカクかくkaku拡大かくだい拡張かくちょう拡声器かくせいき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拡大かくだい

    enlargement

  • 拡張かくちょう

    extension; expansion

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

地図(ちず)を拡大(かくだい)して見(み)た。

I enlarged the map and looked at it.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拡大拡張拡大big張to str…批to cri…担to sho…拝to wor…捨to thr…探to sea…革leathe…閣cabine…各each角corner画pictur…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading カクAll maps

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